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About Turzam Forest Village

Turzam 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 406, made up of 216 males and 190 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 107.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Turzam Forest Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turzam Forest village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Darjiling
Tehsil Kalimpong I
Pincode 734312
Area (hectares) 107.24 hectares
Population 406
Male Population 216
Female Population 190
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 880
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 Turzam Forest compares

By the 2011 count Turzam Forest is the 28th 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 107.24 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Turzam Forest

Turzam Forest is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Turzam 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. The nearest villages by name are Suntalay Khasmahal, Suruk Khasmahal, Tashiding Forest and Tista Bazar D I F. 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 Turzam Forest

As per the Census of India 2011, Turzam Forest village had a population of 406. That makes it the 28th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,580 residents.

Turzam Forest village has 216 males and 190 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turzam Forest has about 880 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 Turzam Forest is 734312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Turzam Forest covers 107.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

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

Turzam 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 Turzam Forest today is likely to be higher.

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