About Rissium Forest Village

Rissium 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 143, made up of 67 males and 76 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,134 females per 1000 males. The village covers 249.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734314, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Rissium Forest compares

By the 2011 count Rissium Forest is the 27th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,025 residents. Its 249.69 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 Rissium Forest

Rissium Forest is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Rissium 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 Pedong Bazar D I F, Pedong Khasmahal, Rangpo Forest and Raset Forest. 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.