About Salkumar Forest Village

Salkumar Forest is a small village in Alipurduar I tehsil, in the district of Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 334, made up of 160 males and 174 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,088 females per 1000 males. The village covers 503 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 736204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salkumar Forest Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salkumar Forest village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Jalpaiguri
Tehsil	Alipurduar I
Pincode	736204
Area (hectares)	503 hectares
Population	334
Male Population	160
Female Population	174
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,088
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 Salkumar Forest compares

By the 2011 count Salkumar Forest is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,420 residents. Its 503 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 940.

Getting to Salkumar Forest

Salkumar Forest is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Salkumar Forest 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 Patlakhawa, Prodhanpara, Pukuritola and Purba Kathalbari. 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.

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Common questions about Salkumar Forest

As per the Census of India 2011, Salkumar Forest village had a population of 334. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,420 residents.

Salkumar Forest village has 160 males and 174 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salkumar Forest has about 1088 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 940.

The pincode recorded for Salkumar Forest is 736204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salkumar Forest covers 503 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.

Salkumar Forest falls under Alipurduar I tehsil of Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal.

The census record for Salkumar Forest 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 Salkumar Forest.

Salkumar Forest is in Alipurduar I tehsil of Jalpaiguri 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.