About Dalingkot Forest Village

Dalingkot Forest is a small village in Gorubathan tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 394, made up of 203 males and 191 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 771.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 735229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dalingkot Forest Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dalingkot Forest village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Darjiling
Tehsil	Gorubathan
Pincode	735229
Area (hectares)	771.34 hectares
Population	394
Male Population	203
Female Population	191
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	941
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dalingkot Forest compares

By the 2011 count Dalingkot Forest is the 22nd largest of the 27 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,247 residents. Its 771.34 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Dalingkot Forest

Dalingkot Forest is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dalingkot Forest as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dalingkot Forest from other places

Dalingkot Forest lies about 45 km from Darjiling, and the nearest railway station is New Mal Junction, about 14 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Dalingkot Forest
Tehsil headquarters	Gorubathan	4.8 km
Nearest town	Kālimpong	9.5 km
Nearest railway station	New Mal Junction	14 km
District headquarters	Darjiling	45 km

Villages closest to Dalingkot Forest

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gorubathan tehsil.

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.

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Common questions about Dalingkot Forest

As per the Census of India 2011, Dalingkot Forest village had a population of 394. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 27 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,247 residents.

Dalingkot Forest village has 203 males and 191 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dalingkot Forest has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Dalingkot Forest is 735229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dalingkot Forest covers 771.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dalingkot Forest falls under Gorubathan tehsil of Darjiling district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Dalingkot Forest is New Mal Junction, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Dalingkot Forest.

Dalingkot Forest is about 45 km from Darjiling in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dalingkot Forest is in Gorubathan tehsil of Darjiling district. Gorubathan is about 4.8 km away. Kālimpong is about 9.5 km away. New Mal Junction is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.