# Hilley Forest Block Village, Soreng, West District (Sikkim)

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Village · Soreng, West District 

# Hilley Forest Block

Hilley Forest Block is a village in Soreng sub-district of West District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **36 people in 7 households**, the 48th largest of 51 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.5%.

- 36people (2011)
- 7households
- 90.9%literacy
- 161females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hilley Forest Block

Of every 100 households in Hilley Forest Block in 2011, 17 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 83 cooked with LPG; 100 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Hilley Forest Block · ■ Soreng rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**83%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**16%

Tap water ****100%**

**80%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****83%**

**18%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****17%**

**80%

Use banking services ****50%**

**57%

Television ****17%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****100%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**4%

None of these assets ****0%**

**28%

Own their home ****0%**

**85%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Hilley Forest Block?

■ Hilley Forest Block · ■ Soreng rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.9%**

**77.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****161**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****500**

**975

Working population ****75.0%**

**49.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.6% for men and 50.0% for women. 87% of men and 0% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Cultivators 1 (4%) · **■** Other work 26 (96%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Soreng

- Karthok619 people
- Siktam510 people
- Suntaley414 people
- Bhareng390 people
- Soreng Forest Block28 people
- Nayabazar Forest Block13 people
- Sombaria Forest Block4 people

[All 52 villages in Soreng](https://wherepedia.org/india/sikkim/west-district/soreng/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hilley Forest Block?36 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hilley Forest Block in?West District district (Soreng sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Hilley Forest Block?90.9% (Census 2011)