About Pemling Forest Village

Pemling 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 187, made up of 105 males and 82 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 781 females per 1000 males. The village covers 502.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734314, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pemling Forest Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pemling Forest village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Darjiling
Tehsil	Kalimpong I
Pincode	734314
Area (hectares)	502.22 hectares
Population	187
Male Population	105
Female Population	82
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	781
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 Pemling Forest compares

By the 2011 count Pemling Forest is the 35th 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 502.22 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 Pemling Forest

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

Pemling Forest lies about 32 km from Darjiling, and the nearest railway station is Bagrakot, about 15 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 Pemling Forest
Nearest town	Kālimpong	5.3 km
Nearest railway station	Bagrakot	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kalimpong I	32 km
District headquarters	Darjiling	32 km

Villages closest to Pemling 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 Pemling Forest

As per the Census of India 2011, Pemling Forest village had a population of 187. That makes it the 35th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,580 residents.

Pemling Forest village has 105 males and 82 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pemling Forest has about 781 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 Pemling Forest is 734314. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pemling Forest covers 502.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Pemling Forest is Bagrakot, about 15 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 Pemling Forest.

Pemling Forest is about 32 km from Darjiling in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pemling Forest is in Kalimpong I tehsil of Darjiling district. Kālimpong is about 5.3 km away. Bagrakot is about 15 km away. Kalimpong I is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.