About Kumai Forest Village

Kumai Forest is a mid sized village in Gorubathan tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,393, made up of 703 males and 690 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 982 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1367.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 735206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kumai Forest Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kumai Forest village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Darjiling
Tehsil	Gorubathan
Pincode	735206
Area (hectares)	1367.04 hectares
Population	1,393
Male Population	703
Female Population	690
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	982
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kumai Forest compares

By the 2011 count Kumai Forest is the 15th largest of the 27 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,247 residents. Its 1367.04 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Kumai Forest

Kumai Forest is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kumai Forest as Available within 5 - 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kumai Forest from other places

Kumai Forest lies about 55 km from Darjiling, and the nearest railway station is Chalsa, 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 Kumai Forest
Tehsil headquarters	Gorubathan	11 km
Nearest railway station	Chalsa	14 km
Nearest town	Kālimpong	19 km
District headquarters	Darjiling	55 km

Villages closest to Kumai 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 Kumai Forest

As per the Census of India 2011, Kumai Forest village had a population of 1,393. That makes it the 15th largest of the 27 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,247 residents.

Kumai Forest village has 703 males and 690 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kumai Forest has about 982 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Kumai Forest is 735206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kumai Forest covers 1367.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Kumai Forest is Chalsa, 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 5 - 10 km distance for Kumai Forest.

Kumai Forest is about 55 km from Darjiling in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kumai Forest is in Gorubathan tehsil of Darjiling district. Gorubathan is about 11 km away. Chalsa is about 14 km away. Kālimpong is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.