About Sivok Hill Forest Village

Sivok Hill Forest is a small village in Matigara tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 321, made up of 164 males and 157 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1479.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734010, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sivok Hill Forest Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sivok Hill Forest village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Darjiling
Tehsil	Matigara
Pincode	734010
Area (hectares)	1479.95 hectares
Population	321
Male Population	164
Female Population	157
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	957
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Sivok Hill Forest compares

By the 2011 count Sivok Hill Forest is the 48th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,298 residents. Its 1479.95 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Sivok Hill Forest

Sivok Hill Forest is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Sivok Hill Forest as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sivok Hill Forest from other places

Sivok Hill Forest lies about 26 km from Darjiling, and the nearest railway station is Sivok, about under 2 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 Sivok Hill Forest
Nearest railway station	Sivok	under 2 km
Nearest town	Kurseong	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Matigara	20 km
District headquarters	Darjiling	26 km

Villages closest to Sivok Hill Forest

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Matigara 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 Sivok Hill Forest

As per the Census of India 2011, Sivok Hill Forest village had a population of 321. That makes it the 48th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,298 residents.

Sivok Hill Forest village has 164 males and 157 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sivok Hill Forest has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Sivok Hill Forest is 734010. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sivok Hill Forest covers 1479.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sivok Hill Forest falls under Matigara tehsil of Darjiling district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Sivok Hill Forest is Sivok, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sivok Hill Forest.

Sivok Hill Forest is about 26 km from Darjiling in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sivok Hill Forest is in Matigara tehsil of Darjiling district. Sivok is about under 2 km away. Kurseong is about 19 km away. Matigara is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sivoke Forest (under 2 km), Salbari Chhat Pratham Khanda (15 km) and Panchanai (17 km).

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