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

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Village · Kalimpong -I, Darjiling 

# Mangwa Forest

Mangwa Forest is a village in Kalimpong -I sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **711 people in 161 households**, the 25th largest of 43 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.8%.

- 711people (2011)
- 161households
- 69.0%literacy
- 891females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mangwa Forest

Of every 100 households in Mangwa Forest in 2011, 80 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 26 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Mangwa Forest · ■ Kalimpong -I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**74%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**27%

Tap water ****20%**

**30%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****26%**

**28%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**70%

Use banking services ****38%**

**41%

Television ****52%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**4%

None of these assets ****34%**

**29%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Mangwa Forest?

■ Mangwa Forest · ■ Kalimpong -I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.0%**

**80.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****891**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****814**

**952

Working population ****37.3%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.9% for men and 63.7% for women. 55% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 8 (3%) · **■** Other work 139 (52%) · **■** Marginal 115 (43%)

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

- Rambi Bazar D.I.F.1,000 people
- Lulagaon Khasmahal979 people
- Slokbhir Khasmahal874 people
- Kalimpong Dansong Forest795 people
- Bhalukhop Forest592 people
- Kaffir Khasmahal549 people
- Turzam Forest406 people
- Comesi Forest377 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mangwa Forest?711 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mangwa Forest in?Darjiling district (Kalimpong -I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mangwa Forest?69.0% (Census 2011)