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

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Village · Kalimpong -I, Darjiling 

# Mazeok Forest

Mazeok Forest is a village in Kalimpong -I sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **282 people in 53 households**, the 33rd largest of 43 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.8%.

- 282people (2011)
- 53households
- 80.5%literacy
- 1,029females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mazeok Forest

Of every 100 households in Mazeok Forest in 2011, 0 had electricity, 55 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mazeok Forest · ■ Kalimpong -I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**74%

Toilet within the home ****55%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****45%**

**27%

Tap water ****94%**

**30%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**28%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**70%

Use banking services ****18%**

**41%

Television ****8%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****41%**

**29%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Mazeok Forest?

■ Mazeok Forest · ■ Kalimpong -I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.5%**

**80.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1029**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1278**

**952

Working population ****31.6%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.6% for men and 73.3% for women. 50% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 3 (3%) · **■** Other work 9 (10%) · **■** Marginal 77 (87%)

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

- Comesi Forest377 people
- Riayang Railway Station371 people
- Lish Forest360 people
- Chunabhati Bazar D.I.F.300 people
- Suntalay Khasmahal209 people
- Pemling Forest187 people
- Riyong Forest185 people
- Birik Forest93 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mazeok Forest?282 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mazeok Forest in?Darjiling district (Kalimpong -I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mazeok Forest?80.5% (Census 2011)