# Sum Forest Village, Darjeeling Pulbazar – Population

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Village · Darjeeling Pulbazar, Darjiling 

# Sum Forest

Sum Forest is a village in Darjeeling Pulbazar sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **49 people in 8 households**, the 43rd largest of 43 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 80.6%.

- 49people (2011)
- 8households
- 90.5%literacy
- 885females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sum Forest

Of every 100 households in Sum Forest in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sum Forest · ■ Darjeeling Pulbazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**78%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**34%

Tap water ****100%**

**31%

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

**5%

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

**23%

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

**75%

Use banking services ****0%**

**47%

Television ****0%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****67%**

**28%

Own their home ****50%**

**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 Sum Forest?

■ Sum Forest · ■ Darjeeling Pulbazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.5%**

**80.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****885**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**940

Working population ****20.4%**

**41.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 100.0% for men and 80.0% for women. 31% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 1 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (10%) · **■** Other work 7 (70%) · **■** Marginal 1 (10%)

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

- Lodhama703 people
- Patliabas Forest158 people
- Alubari Tea Garden116 people
- Rangli Forest65 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sum Forest?49 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sum Forest in?Darjiling district (Darjeeling Pulbazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sum Forest?90.5% (Census 2011)