About Singalila Forest Village

Singalila Forest is a mid sized village in Darjeeling Pulbazar tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,632, made up of 842 males and 790 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 17777.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Singalila Forest compares

By the 2011 count Singalila Forest is the 26th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,445 residents. Its 17777.86 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Singalila Forest

Singalila Forest is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Singalila Forest as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Rimbick, Rishihat Khasmahal, Rishihat Tea Garden and Rungneet Tea Garden. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.