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About Paringar Khasmahal Village

Paringar Khasmahal is a large village in Kalimpong I tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,021, made up of 1,079 males and 942 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1198.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734314, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paringar Khasmahal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paringar Khasmahal village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Darjiling
Tehsil Kalimpong I
Pincode 734314
Area (hectares) 1198.38 hectares
Population 2,021
Male Population 1,079
Female Population 942
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 873
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 Paringar Khasmahal compares

By the 2011 count Paringar Khasmahal is the 13th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,580 residents. Its 1198.38 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 Paringar Khasmahal

Paringar Khasmahal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Paringar 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 Paringar Khasmahal from other places

Paringar Khasmahal lies about 22 km from Darjiling, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 21 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 Paringar Khasmahal
Nearest railway station Darjeeling 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Kalimpong I 22 km
District headquarters Darjiling 22 km
Nearest town Dārjiling 22 km

Villages closest to Paringar Khasmahal

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 Paringar Khasmahal

As per the Census of India 2011, Paringar Khasmahal village had a population of 2,021. That makes it the 13th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,580 residents.

Paringar Khasmahal village has 1,079 males and 942 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paringar Khasmahal has about 873 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 Paringar Khasmahal is 734314. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paringar Khasmahal covers 1198.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Paringar Khasmahal falls under Kalimpong I tehsil of Darjiling district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Paringar Khasmahal is Darjeeling, about 21 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 Paringar Khasmahal.

Paringar Khasmahal is about 22 km from Darjiling in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paringar Khasmahal is in Kalimpong I tehsil of Darjiling district. Darjeeling is about 21 km away. Kalimpong I is about 22 km away. Darjiling is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mangber Forest (4.6 km), Chunabhati Bazar D I F (11 km) and Rambi Bazar D I F (11 km).

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

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