# Pankasari Forest Village, Gorubathan, Darjiling (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Gorubathan, Darjiling 

# Pankasari Forest

Pankasari Forest is a village in Gorubathan sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **709 people in 139 households**, the 21st largest of 27 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.9%.

- 709people (2011)
- 139households
- 69.7%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pankasari Forest

Of every 100 households in Pankasari Forest in 2011, 0 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Pankasari Forest · ■ Gorubathan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**47%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**49%

Tap water ****53%**

**34%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**89%

Use banking services ****33%**

**47%

Television ****7%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****52%**

**40%

Own their home ****98%**

**93%

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 Pankasari Forest?

■ Pankasari Forest · ■ Gorubathan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.7%**

**76.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****927**

**920

Working population ****57.1%**

**39.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.6% for men and 62.6% for women. 58% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 5 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (2%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 42 (10%) · **■** Marginal 349 (86%)

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 Gorubathan

- Ambeok Tea Garden1,297 people
- Sakam Forest1,158 people
- Mal Forest1,024 people
- Dalingma Khasmahal821 people
- Dalingkot Forest394 people
- Pogu Forest299 people
- Lehti Forest266 people
- Pashiting Khasmahal229 people

[All 38 villages in Gorubathan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/gorubathan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pankasari Forest?709 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pankasari Forest in?Darjiling district (Gorubathan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pankasari Forest?69.7% (Census 2011)