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About Tashiding Forest Village

Tashiding 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 59, made up of 31 males and 28 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 598.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tashiding Forest Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tashiding Forest village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Darjiling
Tehsil Kalimpong I
Pincode 734301
Area (hectares) 598.94 hectares
Population 59
Male Population 31
Female Population 28
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 903
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Tashiding Forest compares

By the 2011 count Tashiding Forest is the 38th 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 598.94 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Tashiding Forest

Tashiding Forest is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Tashiding Forest as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Tashiding Forest from other places

Tashiding Forest lies about 32 km from Darjiling, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 32 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 Tashiding Forest
Nearest railway station Darjeeling 32 km
Nearest town Gangtok 32 km
Tehsil headquarters Kalimpong I 32 km
District headquarters Darjiling 32 km

Villages closest to Tashiding 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 Tashiding Forest

As per the Census of India 2011, Tashiding Forest village had a population of 59. That makes it the 38th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,580 residents.

Tashiding Forest village has 31 males and 28 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tashiding Forest has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Tashiding Forest is 734301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tashiding Forest covers 598.94 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Tashiding Forest is Darjeeling, about 32 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Tashiding Forest.

Tashiding 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.

Tashiding Forest is in Kalimpong I tehsil of Darjiling district. Darjeeling is about 32 km away. Gangtok is about 32 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.

The closest recorded villages are Mangber Forest (17 km), Paringar Khasmahal (20 km) and Chunabhati Bazar D I F (31 km).

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

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