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About Mangpong Forest Village

Mangpong 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 1,111, made up of 598 males and 513 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4173.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734314, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mangpong Forest Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mangpong Forest village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Darjiling
Tehsil Kalimpong I
Pincode 734314
Area (hectares) 4173.16 hectares
Population 1,111
Male Population 598
Female Population 513
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 858
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Mangpong Forest compares

By the 2011 count Mangpong Forest is the 20th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,580 residents. Its 4173.16 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 958.

Getting to Mangpong Forest

Mangpong Forest is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Mangpong 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. The nearest villages by name are Lish Catchment Area Forest, Lish Forest, Lulagaon Forest and Lulagaon Khasmahal. 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.

Common questions about Mangpong Forest

As per the Census of India 2011, Mangpong Forest village had a population of 1,111. That makes it the 20th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,580 residents.

Mangpong Forest village has 598 males and 513 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mangpong Forest has about 858 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 Mangpong Forest is 734314. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mangpong Forest covers 4173.16 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.

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

The census record for Mangpong Forest notes the nearest railway station 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 Mangpong Forest.

Mangpong Forest is in Kalimpong I 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.

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

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