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

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Village · Kalimpong - II, Darjiling 

# Kolbong Forest

Kolbong Forest is a village in Kalimpong - II sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **48 people in 12 households**, the 31st largest of 33 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 48people (2011)
- 12households
- 64.3%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kolbong Forest

Of every 100 households in Kolbong Forest in 2011, 100 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kolbong Forest · ■ Kalimpong - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**72%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**65%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**30%

Tap water ****17%**

**39%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**5%

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

**17%

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

**82%

Use banking services ****17%**

**50%

Television ****8%**

**43%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**3%

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

**28%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kolbong Forest?

■ Kolbong Forest · ■ Kalimpong - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.3%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****2000**

**934

Working population ****56.2%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.3% for men and 50.0% for women. 58% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 14 (52%) · **■** Marginal 13 (48%)

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

- Rissium Forest143 people
- Paiengaon Forest141 people
- Chumang Forest120 people
- Dalapchan Ridge Reserve Forest49 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 Kolbong Forest?48 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kolbong Forest in?Darjiling district (Kalimpong - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kolbong Forest?64.3% (Census 2011)