# Paiengaon Forest Village, Kalimpong - II – Population

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Village · Kalimpong - II, Darjiling 

# Paiengaon Forest

Paiengaon Forest is a village in Kalimpong - II sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **141 people in 37 households**, the 28th largest of 33 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 141people (2011)
- 37households
- 73.6%literacy
- 831females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paiengaon Forest

Of every 100 households in Paiengaon Forest in 2011, 78 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Paiengaon Forest · ■ Kalimpong - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**72%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**65%

No toilet (open defecation) ****30%**

**30%

Tap water ****0%**

**39%

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

**5%

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

**17%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**82%

Use banking services ****100%**

**50%

Television ****16%**

**43%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****3%**

**28%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Paiengaon Forest?

■ Paiengaon Forest · ■ Kalimpong - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.6%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****831**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****778**

**934

Working population ****41.8%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.2% for men and 56.1% for women. 52% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 16 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 31 (53%) · **■** Other work 11 (19%) · **■** Marginal 1 (2%)

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

- Mayrong Forest366 people
- Lava Forest173 people
- Icha Forest165 people
- Rissium Forest143 people
- Chumang Forest120 people
- Dalapchan Ridge Reserve Forest49 people
- Kolbong Forest48 people
- Dalapchan Slip Reserve Forest42 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paiengaon Forest?141 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paiengaon Forest in?Darjiling district (Kalimpong - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paiengaon Forest?73.6% (Census 2011)