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About Subal Village

Subal is a small village in Kharibari tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 394, made up of 211 males and 183 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 145.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734427, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Subal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Subal village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Darjiling
Tehsil Kharibari
Pincode 734427
Area (hectares) 145.28 hectares
Population 394
Male Population 211
Female Population 183
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 867
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Subal compares

By the 2011 count Subal is the 62nd largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,334 residents. Its 145.28 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 974.

Getting to Subal

Subal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Subal as Available within 5 - 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 Saheburam, Salbari, Shyamdhan and Singbhita. 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 Subal

As per the Census of India 2011, Subal village had a population of 394. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,334 residents.

Subal village has 211 males and 183 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Subal has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Subal is 734427. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Subal covers 145.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Subal falls under Kharibari tehsil of Darjiling district in West Bengal.

The census record for Subal notes the nearest railway station 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 - 10 km distance for Subal.

Subal is in Kharibari 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 Subal today is likely to be higher.

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