# Kaffir Forest Village, Kalimpong -I, Darjiling (West Bengal)

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Village · Kalimpong -I, Darjiling 

# Kaffir Forest

Kaffir Forest is a village in Kalimpong -I sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **15 people in 4 households**, the 42nd largest of 43 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.8%.

- 15people (2011)
- 4households
- 81.8%literacy
- 2,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kaffir Forest

Of every 100 households in Kaffir Forest in 2011, 100 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 25 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kaffir Forest · ■ Kalimpong -I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**74%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**68%

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

**27%

Tap water ****100%**

**30%

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

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****25%**

**28%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****75%**

**70%

Use banking services ****75%**

**41%

Television ****50%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****25%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**91%

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 Kaffir Forest?

■ Kaffir Forest · ■ Kalimpong -I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.8%**

**80.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****2000**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**952

Working population ****33.3%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 100.0% for men and 75.0% for women. 60% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 4 (80%) · **■** Marginal 1 (20%)

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 Kalimpong -I

- Tashiding Forest59 people
- Mangber Forest30 people
- Lulagaon Forest27 people
- Panbu Forest20 people
- Ringking Pong Forest10 people

[All 50 villages in Kalimpong -I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/kalimpong-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kaffir Forest?15 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kaffir Forest in?Darjiling district (Kalimpong -I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kaffir Forest?81.8% (Census 2011)