About Kolbong Forest Village

Kolbong Forest is a small village in Kalimpong II tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 48, made up of 24 males and 24 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 648.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kolbong Forest Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kolbong Forest village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Darjiling
Tehsil	Kalimpong II
Pincode	734312
Area (hectares)	648.31 hectares
Population	48
Male Population	24
Female Population	24
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
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 Kolbong Forest compares

By the 2011 count Kolbong Forest is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,025 residents. Its 648.31 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Kolbong Forest

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

Kolbong Forest lies about 12 km from Darjiling, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 12 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 Kolbong Forest
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kalimpong II	12 km
District headquarters	Darjiling	12 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	12 km

Villages closest to Kolbong Forest

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kalimpong II 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 Kolbong Forest

As per the Census of India 2011, Kolbong Forest village had a population of 48. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,025 residents.

Kolbong Forest village has 24 males and 24 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kolbong Forest has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 952.

The pincode recorded for Kolbong Forest is 734312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kolbong Forest covers 648.31 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.

Kolbong Forest falls under Kalimpong II tehsil of Darjiling district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Kolbong Forest is Darjeeling, about 12 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 Kolbong Forest.

Kolbong Forest is about 12 km from Darjiling in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kolbong Forest is in Kalimpong II tehsil of Darjiling district. Darjeeling is about 12 km away. Kalimpong II is about 12 km away. Darjiling is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.