About Pulung Dong Khasmahal Village

Pulung Dong Khasmahal is a large village in Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,573, made up of 1,296 males and 1,277 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 628.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pulung Dong Khasmahal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pulung Dong Khasmahal village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Darjiling
Tehsil	Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri
Pincode	734221
Area (hectares)	628.08 hectares
Population	2,573
Male Population	1,296
Female Population	1,277
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	985
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pulung Dong Khasmahal compares

By the 2011 count Pulung Dong Khasmahal is the 12th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,063 residents. Its 628.08 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Pulung Dong Khasmahal

Pulung Dong Khasmahal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Pulung Dong Khasmahal 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pulung Dong Khasmahal from other places

Pulung Dong Khasmahal lies about 17 km from Darjiling, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 16 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 Pulung Dong Khasmahal
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri	17 km
District headquarters	Darjiling	17 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	17 km

Villages closest to Pulung Dong Khasmahal

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.

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Common questions about Pulung Dong Khasmahal

As per the Census of India 2011, Pulung Dong Khasmahal village had a population of 2,573. That makes it the 12th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,063 residents.

Pulung Dong Khasmahal village has 1,296 males and 1,277 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pulung Dong Khasmahal has about 985 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Pulung Dong Khasmahal is 734221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pulung Dong Khasmahal covers 628.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pulung Dong Khasmahal falls under Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri tehsil of Darjiling district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Pulung Dong Khasmahal is Darjeeling, about 16 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Pulung Dong Khasmahal.

Pulung Dong Khasmahal is about 17 km from Darjiling in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pulung Dong Khasmahal is in Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri tehsil of Darjiling district. Darjeeling is about 16 km away. Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri is about 17 km away. Darjiling is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pulung Dong Tea Estate (under 2 km), Rongmook Ceder Tea Garden (5.9 km) and Rang Bul (6.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Pulung Dong Khasmahal today is likely to be higher.