Tinkitam

A small village in a tehsil in the southern district of Sikkim is Tinkitam. The town located 45 minutes' drive away from the district headquarters. Mount Kanchenjunga can be seen from this village, the area has many rare things such as Orchid, Paphiopedilum Faireanum, lady's slipper, and so on.Although most orchids grow on trees, these orchids are blooming and flowers in October and November. There is a tea garden near the village named Temi Tea Garden, which is the only tea estate in Sikkim. From Tinkitam you can also see a dormant Volcano, and anyone can track from Dantham to Tendong National Park.The economy here depends on cardamom tree transplantation. The locals are mainly Bhutia and Nepali, mostly Nepali language is spoken here.This small town is famous because it is the birthplace of many famous people like Indian footballer Baichung Bhutia, the first female IAS officer Tshering Yangden Bhutia, and also Norbu Dadul Bhutia, who was first elected as a Zilla Adhyakshya of South Sikkim.