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About Ghoom Pahar Forest Village

Ghoom Pahar Forest is a small village in Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 484, made up of 242 males and 242 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1394.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghoom Pahar Forest Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghoom Pahar Forest village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Darjiling
Tehsil Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri
Pincode 734102
Area (hectares) 1394.76 hectares
Population 484
Male Population 242
Female Population 242
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Ghoom Pahar Forest compares

By the 2011 count Ghoom Pahar Forest is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,063 residents. Its 1394.76 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Ghoom Pahar Forest

Ghoom Pahar Forest is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Ghoom Pahar Forest as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ghoom Pahar Forest from other places

Ghoom Pahar Forest lies about 2.9 km from Darjiling, and the nearest railway station is Ghoom, about under 2 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 Ghoom Pahar Forest
Nearest railway station Ghoom under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri 2.9 km
District headquarters Darjiling 2.9 km
Nearest town Dārjiling 2.9 km

Villages closest to Ghoom Pahar Forest

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

Common questions about Ghoom Pahar Forest

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghoom Pahar Forest village had a population of 484. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,063 residents.

Ghoom Pahar Forest village has 242 males and 242 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghoom Pahar Forest has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Ghoom Pahar Forest is 734102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghoom Pahar Forest covers 1394.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ghoom Pahar Forest falls under Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri tehsil of Darjiling district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Ghoom Pahar Forest is Ghoom, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Ghoom Pahar Forest.

Ghoom Pahar Forest is about 2.9 km from Darjiling in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghoom Pahar Forest is in Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri tehsil of Darjiling district. Ghoom is about under 2 km away. Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri is about 2.9 km away. Darjiling is about 2.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jore Bunglow (under 2 km), Sonada Forest (5.5 km) and Sonada Khasmahal (5.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Ghoom Pahar Forest today is likely to be higher.

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