About Senchal Forest Village

Senchal Forest is a mid sized village in Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 527, made up of 283 males and 244 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 3019.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Senchal Forest Overview

Census 2011 figures for Senchal Forest village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Darjiling
Tehsil	Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri
Pincode	734102
Area (hectares)	3019.72 hectares
Population	527
Male Population	283
Female Population	244
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	862
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Senchal Forest compares

By the 2011 count Senchal Forest is the 39th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,063 residents. Its 3019.72 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Senchal Forest

Senchal Forest is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Senchal Forest as Available within 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. The nearest villages by name are Ringtong Tea Garden, Rongmook Ceder Tea Garden, Sagmaru Tea Garden and Salu 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.

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Common questions about Senchal Forest

As per the Census of India 2011, Senchal Forest village had a population of 527. That makes it the 39th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,063 residents.

Senchal Forest village has 283 males and 244 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Senchal Forest has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1018.

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

Senchal Forest covers 3019.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Senchal Forest notes the nearest railway station 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 village for Senchal Forest.

Senchal Forest is in Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri tehsil of Darjiling district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.