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

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Village · Kalimpong -I, Darjiling 

# Mangpong Forest

Mangpong Forest is a village in Kalimpong -I sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,111 people in 246 households**, the 20th largest of 43 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.8%.

- 1,111people (2011)
- 246households
- 69.6%literacy
- 858females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mangpong Forest

Of every 100 households in Mangpong Forest in 2011, 37 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mangpong Forest · ■ Kalimpong -I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**74%

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

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**27%

Tap water ****51%**

**30%

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

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**28%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**70%

Use banking services ****19%**

**41%

Television ****32%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****30%**

**29%

Own their home ****87%**

**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 Mangpong Forest?

■ Mangpong Forest · ■ Kalimpong -I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.6%**

**80.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****858**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****697**

**952

Working population ****34.9%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.3% for men and 56.3% for women. 52% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 57 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 84 (22%) · **■** Marginal 237 (61%)

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

- Pemling Khasmahal1,726 people
- Nobgaon Khasmahal1,681 people
- Singi Khasmahal1,565 people
- Yokprintam Khasmahal1,220 people
- Rambi Bazar D.I.F.1,000 people
- Lulagaon Khasmahal979 people
- Slokbhir Khasmahal874 people
- Kalimpong Dansong Forest795 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mangpong Forest?1,111 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mangpong Forest in?Darjiling district (Kalimpong -I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mangpong Forest?69.6% (Census 2011)