# Tashiding Forest Village, Kalimpong -I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kalimpong -I, Darjiling 

# Tashiding Forest

Tashiding Forest is a village in Kalimpong -I sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **59 people in 12 households**, the 38th largest of 43 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.8%.

- 59people (2011)
- 12households
- 83.0%literacy
- 903females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tashiding Forest

Of every 100 households in Tashiding Forest in 2011, 67 had electricity, 75 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tashiding Forest · ■ Kalimpong -I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****67%**

**74%

Toilet within the home ****75%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****25%**

**27%

Tap water ****100%**

**30%

Drinking water within premises ****100%**

**6%

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

**28%

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

**70%

Use banking services ****0%**

**41%

Television ****50%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****42%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Tashiding Forest?

■ Tashiding Forest · ■ Kalimpong -I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.0%**

**80.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****2000**

**952

Working population ****59.3%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.8% for men and 83.3% for women. 61% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Other work 1 (3%) · **■** Marginal 34 (97%)

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

- Suntalay Khasmahal209 people
- Pemling Forest187 people
- Riyong Forest185 people
- Birik Forest93 people
- Mangber Forest30 people
- Lulagaon Forest27 people
- Panbu Forest20 people
- Kaffir Forest15 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tashiding Forest?59 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tashiding Forest in?Darjiling district (Kalimpong -I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tashiding Forest?83.0% (Census 2011)