# Rangpo Forest Village, Kalimpong - II, Darjiling (West Bengal)

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Village · Kalimpong - II, Darjiling 

# Rangpo Forest

Rangpo Forest is a village in Kalimpong - II sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,397 people in 302 households**, the 19th largest of 33 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 1,397people (2011)
- 302households
- 72.5%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rangpo Forest

Of every 100 households in Rangpo Forest in 2011, 97 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 36 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Rangpo Forest · ■ Kalimpong - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**72%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**65%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**30%

Tap water ****0%**

**39%

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

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****36%**

**17%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****62%**

**82%

Use banking services ****44%**

**50%

Television ****58%**

**43%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****21%**

**28%

Own their home ****76%**

**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 Rangpo Forest?

■ Rangpo Forest · ■ Kalimpong - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.5%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****779**

**934

Working population ****28.8%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.7% for men and 64.1% for women. 45% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 15 (4%) · **■** Other work 356 (89%) · **■** Marginal 27 (7%)

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

- Lolay Khasmahal2,209 people
- Algarah Bazer D.I.F.1,957 people
- Lava Bazar D.I.F.1,836 people
- Palla Khasmahal1,750 people
- Mangchu Forest1,210 people
- Pedong Bazar D.I.F.817 people
- Paygang Khasmahal668 people
- Maria Khasmahal437 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rangpo Forest?1,397 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rangpo Forest in?Darjiling district (Kalimpong - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rangpo Forest?72.5% (Census 2011)