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About Mangber Forest Village

Mangber Forest is a small village in Kalimpong I tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 30, made up of 14 males and 16 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,143 females per 1000 males. The village covers 470.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mangber Forest Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mangber Forest village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Darjiling
Tehsil Kalimpong I
Pincode 734312
Area (hectares) 470.65 hectares
Population 30
Male Population 14
Female Population 16
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,143
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Mangber Forest compares

By the 2011 count Mangber Forest is the 39th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,580 residents. Its 470.65 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Mangber Forest

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

Mangber Forest lies about 19 km from Darjiling, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 19 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 Mangber Forest
Nearest railway station Darjeeling 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Kalimpong I 19 km
District headquarters Darjiling 19 km
Nearest town Dārjiling 19 km

Villages closest to Mangber 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.

Common questions about Mangber Forest

As per the Census of India 2011, Mangber Forest village had a population of 30. That makes it the 39th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,580 residents.

Mangber Forest village has 14 males and 16 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mangber Forest has about 1143 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Mangber Forest is 734312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mangber Forest covers 470.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Mangber Forest is Darjeeling, about 19 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 Mangber Forest.

Mangber Forest is about 19 km from Darjiling in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mangber Forest is in Kalimpong I tehsil of Darjiling district. Darjeeling is about 19 km away. Kalimpong I is about 19 km away. Darjiling is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Paringar Khasmahal (4.6 km), Chunabhati Bazar D I F (14 km) and Rambi Bazar D I F (14 km).

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

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