About Sivoke Forest Village

Sivoke Forest is a mid sized village in Matigara tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,045, made up of 557 males and 488 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1395.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734010, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sivoke Forest Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sivoke Forest village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Darjiling
Tehsil	Matigara
Pincode	734010
Area (hectares)	1395.37 hectares
Population	1,045
Male Population	557
Female Population	488
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	876
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Sivoke Forest compares

By the 2011 count Sivoke Forest is the 36th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,298 residents. Its 1395.37 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Sivoke Forest

Sivoke 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 Sivoke Forest as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Sivoke Forest from other places

Sivoke 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 Sivoke 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 Sivoke 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 Sivoke Forest

As per the Census of India 2011, Sivoke Forest village had a population of 1,045. That makes it the 36th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,298 residents.

Sivoke Forest village has 557 males and 488 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sivoke Forest has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

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

Sivoke Forest covers 1395.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Sivoke 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 village for Sivoke Forest.

Sivoke 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.

Sivoke 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.