About Kalimpong Dansong Forest Village

Kalimpong Dansong Forest is a mid sized village in Kalimpong I tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 795, made up of 432 males and 363 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 840 females per 1000 males. The village covers 186.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734311, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalimpong Dansong Forest Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalimpong Dansong Forest village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Darjiling
Tehsil	Kalimpong I
Pincode	734311
Area (hectares)	186.16 hectares
Population	795
Male Population	432
Female Population	363
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	840
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalimpong Dansong Forest compares

By the 2011 count Kalimpong Dansong Forest is the 24th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,580 residents. Its 186.16 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Kalimpong Dansong Forest

Kalimpong Dansong Forest is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kalimpong Dansong Forest as Available within village. 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 Kalimpong Dansong Forest from other places

Kalimpong Dansong Forest lies about 20 km from Darjiling, and the nearest railway station is Sivok, about 20 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 Kalimpong Dansong Forest
Nearest town	Kālimpong	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kalimpong I	20 km
District headquarters	Darjiling	20 km
Nearest railway station	Sivok	20 km

Villages closest to Kalimpong Dansong Forest

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kalimpong I 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 Kalimpong Dansong Forest

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalimpong Dansong Forest village had a population of 795. That makes it the 24th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,580 residents.

Kalimpong Dansong Forest village has 432 males and 363 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalimpong Dansong Forest has about 840 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Kalimpong Dansong Forest is 734311. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalimpong Dansong Forest covers 186.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kalimpong Dansong Forest falls under Kalimpong I tehsil of Darjiling district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Kalimpong Dansong Forest is Sivok, about 20 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Kalimpong Dansong Forest.

Kalimpong Dansong Forest is about 20 km from Darjiling in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalimpong Dansong Forest is in Kalimpong I tehsil of Darjiling district. Kālimpong is about 17 km away. Kalimpong I is about 20 km away. Darjiling is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kalimpong Khasmahal (under 2 km), Bong Khasmahal (1.6 km) and Kanke Bong Khasmahal (1.6 km).

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