# Ghoom Pahar Forest Village, Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri

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Village · Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri, Darjiling 

# Ghoom Pahar Forest

Ghoom Pahar Forest is a village in Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **484 people in 116 households**, the 40th largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 82.2%.

- 484people (2011)
- 116households
- 90.5%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghoom Pahar Forest

Of every 100 households in Ghoom Pahar Forest in 2011, 91 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 80 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ghoom Pahar Forest · ■ Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**70%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**21%

Tap water ****47%**

**44%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****80%**

**23%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****20%**

**75%

Use banking services ****43%**

**57%

Television ****68%**

**60%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****15%**

**22%

Own their home ****83%**

**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 Ghoom Pahar Forest?

■ Ghoom Pahar Forest · ■ Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri rural average

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

**82.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**1016

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****905**

**947

Working population ****28.9%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.9% for men and 85.2% for women. 51% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 128 (91%) · **■** Marginal 12 (9%)

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 Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri

- Pulung Dong Tea Estate622 people
- Tumsong Khasmahal586 people
- Mim Nagri Range561 people
- Senchal Forest527 people
- Dooteria Forest368 people
- Sonada Forest177 people

[All 43 villages in Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/jorebunglow-sukiapokhri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghoom Pahar Forest?484 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghoom Pahar Forest in?Darjiling district (Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghoom Pahar Forest?90.5% (Census 2011)