Soreng, the district carved out of Sikkim's former West district

Background

Sikkim's district map, under which the new Governor Dushyant Kumar Gautam takes charge, was redrawn in 2021. The Soreng district administration records that the district of Soreng was created along with Pakyong district on 13 December 2021. Soreng was previously a subdivision of the former West district, which was divided into Gyalshing and Soreng. The district covers an area of 293.22 square kilometres and had a population of 64,760 at the 2011 census. It lies in the southwest corner of Sikkim, bordering West Bengal to the south and Nepal to the west, and is connected to Gangtok by metalled roads.