SUBDIVISION	TOTAL LITERACY	MALE LITERACY	FEMALE LITERACY	LITERACY %
CHUNGTHANG	2733	1892	841	38.86
MANGAN	10005	6446	3559	42.75
GANGTOK	54898	33548	21350	52.19
RABONGLA	13275	8525	4750	37.85
GYALSHING	18178	11795	6383	36.62
PAKYONG	18904	11480	7424	45.68
NAMCHI	28195	17280	10915	46.25
SORENG	16901	10456	6445	36.14

The Table above shows the number of literate population with sex break up at the sub-divisional level. Gangtok has the highest number of literate persons (63.76%). Namchi occupies the second position with 28195 persons (56.77%).Chungthang has the lowest number of literate persons as is obvious from the table. However, the lowest literacy percentage is of Soreng Subdivision.