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

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Village · Kalimpong -I, Darjiling 

# Pemling Forest

Pemling Forest is a village in Kalimpong -I sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **187 people in 34 households**, the 35th largest of 43 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.8%.

- 187people (2011)
- 34households
- 60.7%literacy
- 781females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pemling Forest

Of every 100 households in Pemling Forest in 2011, 97 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pemling Forest · ■ Kalimpong -I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**74%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**27%

Tap water ****0%**

**30%

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

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**28%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**70%

Use banking services ****11%**

**41%

Television ****11%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****49%**

**29%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Pemling Forest?

■ Pemling Forest · ■ Kalimpong -I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.7%**

**80.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****781**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****846**

**952

Working population ****46.0%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.1% for men and 56.3% for women. 48% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 72 (84%) · **■** Other work 11 (13%) · **■** Marginal 3 (3%)

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

- Lish Forest360 people
- Chunabhati Bazar D.I.F.300 people
- Mazeok Forest282 people
- Suntalay Khasmahal209 people
- Riyong Forest185 people
- Birik Forest93 people
- Tashiding Forest59 people
- Mangber Forest30 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pemling Forest?187 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pemling Forest in?Darjiling district (Kalimpong -I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pemling Forest?60.7% (Census 2011)