# Singalila Forest Village, Darjeeling Pulbazar – Population

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Village · Darjeeling Pulbazar, Darjiling 

# Singalila Forest

Singalila Forest is a village in Darjeeling Pulbazar sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,632 people in 329 households**, the 26th largest of 43 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.6%.

- 1,632people (2011)
- 329households
- 71.6%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Singalila Forest

Of every 100 households in Singalila Forest in 2011, 14 had electricity, 53 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Singalila Forest · ■ Darjeeling Pulbazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**78%

Toilet within the home ****53%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**34%

Tap water ****45%**

**31%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**23%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**75%

Use banking services ****26%**

**47%

Television ****4%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**28%

Own their home ****94%**

**83%

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 Singalila Forest?

■ Singalila Forest · ■ Darjeeling Pulbazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.6%**

**80.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1124**

**940

Working population ****48.9%**

**41.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.3% for men and 62.0% for women. 54% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 174 (22%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 54 (7%) · **■** Marginal 564 (71%)

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 Darjeeling Pulbazar

- Samalbong2,077 people
- Dangia1,768 people
- Banockburn Tea Garden1,725 people
- Rishihat Tea Garden1,651 people
- Jhepi1,576 people
- Liza Hill Tea Garden1,439 people
- Barnesbeg Tea Garden1,381 people
- Happy Valley Tea Garden1,310 people

[All 43 villages in Darjeeling Pulbazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/darjeeling-pulbazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Singalila Forest?1,632 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Singalila Forest in?Darjiling district (Darjeeling Pulbazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Singalila Forest?71.6% (Census 2011)