# Chumang Forest Village, Kalimpong - II – Population & Literacy

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/kalimpong-ii/chumang-forest/

Village · Kalimpong - II, Darjiling 

# Chumang Forest

Chumang Forest is a village in Kalimpong - II sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **120 people in 23 households**, the 29th largest of 33 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 120people (2011)
- 23households
- 72.1%literacy
- 905females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chumang Forest

Of every 100 households in Chumang Forest in 2011, 92 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chumang Forest · ■ Kalimpong - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**72%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**65%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**30%

Tap water ****100%**

**39%

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

**5%

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

**17%

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

**82%

Use banking services ****38%**

**50%

Television ****54%**

**43%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**2%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****8%**

**28%

Own their home ****92%**

**92%

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 Chumang Forest?

■ Chumang Forest · ■ Kalimpong - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.1%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****778**

**934

Working population ****34.2%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 60.0% for women. 59% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 8 (20%) · **■** Marginal 33 (80%)

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 - II

- Lava Forest173 people
- Icha Forest165 people
- Rissium Forest143 people
- Paiengaon Forest141 people
- Dalapchan Ridge Reserve Forest49 people
- Kolbong Forest48 people
- Dalapchan Slip Reserve Forest42 people
- Bokhim Khasmahal21 people

[All 39 villages in Kalimpong - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/kalimpong-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chumang Forest?120 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chumang Forest in?Darjiling district (Kalimpong - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chumang Forest?72.1% (Census 2011)