# Kalimpong Dansong Forest Village, Kalimpong -I – Population

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Village · Kalimpong -I, Darjiling 

# Kalimpong Dansong Forest

Kalimpong Dansong Forest is a village in Kalimpong -I sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **795 people in 171 households**, the 24th largest of 43 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.8%.

- 795people (2011)
- 171households
- 78.6%literacy
- 840females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalimpong Dansong Forest

Of every 100 households in Kalimpong Dansong Forest in 2011, 84 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 43 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 9 a car.

■ Kalimpong Dansong Forest · ■ Kalimpong -I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**74%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****36%**

**27%

Tap water ****0%**

**30%

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

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****43%**

**28%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****51%**

**70%

Use banking services ****43%**

**41%

Television ****59%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****9%**

**4%

None of these assets ****23%**

**29%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Kalimpong Dansong Forest?

■ Kalimpong Dansong Forest · ■ Kalimpong -I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.6%**

**80.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****840**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****768**

**952

Working population ****31.3%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.3% for men and 71.9% for women. 48% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 172 (69%) · **■** Marginal 74 (30%)

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

- Mangpong Forest1,111 people
- Rambi Bazar D.I.F.1,000 people
- Lulagaon Khasmahal979 people
- Slokbhir Khasmahal874 people
- Mangwa Forest711 people
- Bhalukhop Forest592 people
- Kaffir Khasmahal549 people
- Turzam Forest406 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalimpong Dansong Forest?795 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalimpong Dansong Forest in?Darjiling district (Kalimpong -I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalimpong Dansong Forest?78.6% (Census 2011)