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About Lohagar Forest Village

Lohagar Forest is a small village in Mirik tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 144, made up of 76 males and 68 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 233.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734423, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lohagar Forest Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lohagar Forest village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Darjiling
Tehsil Mirik
Pincode 734423
Area (hectares) 233.91 hectares
Population 144
Male Population 76
Female Population 68
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 895
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Lohagar Forest compares

By the 2011 count Lohagar Forest is the 18th largest of the 21 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,208 residents. Its 233.91 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 991.

Getting to Lohagar Forest

Lohagar Forest is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Lohagar Forest as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Bara Chenga, Bukim Tea Garden, Lohagar Tea Garden and Manjha Fst. 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 Lohagar Forest

As per the Census of India 2011, Lohagar Forest village had a population of 144. That makes it the 18th largest of the 21 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,208 residents.

Lohagar Forest village has 76 males and 68 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lohagar Forest has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Lohagar Forest is 734423. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lohagar Forest covers 233.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lohagar Forest falls under Mirik tehsil of Darjiling district in West Bengal.

The census record for Lohagar Forest notes the nearest railway station 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 10+ km distance for Lohagar Forest.

Lohagar Forest is in Mirik 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 Lohagar Forest today is likely to be higher.

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