# Latpanechar Forest Village, Kurseong, Darjiling (West Bengal)

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Village · Kurseong, Darjiling 

# Latpanechar Forest

Latpanechar Forest is a village in Kurseong sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **725 people in 166 households**, the 37th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.6%.

- 725people (2011)
- 166households
- 81.7%literacy
- 1,031females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Latpanechar Forest

Of every 100 households in Latpanechar Forest in 2011, 96 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Latpanechar Forest · ■ Kurseong rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**88%

Toilet within the home ****51%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****39%**

**38%

Tap water ****94%**

**38%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**24%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**75%

Use banking services ****50%**

**57%

Television ****65%**

**62%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****20%**

**20%

Own their home ****83%**

**78%

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 Latpanechar Forest?

■ Latpanechar Forest · ■ Kurseong rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.7%**

**79.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1031**

**1002

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****974**

**1016

Working population ****36.7%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.9% for men and 77.6% for women. 47% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 105 (39%) · **■** Marginal 159 (60%)

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 Kurseong

- Jungpana Tea Garden904 people
- Kharia Busty802 people
- Castleton Tea Garden779 people
- Montiviot Tea Garden743 people
- Mahal Diram Tea Garden718 people
- Spring Sidi Tea Garden700 people
- Upper Mamring Khasmahal689 people
- Majua Tea Garden677 people

[All 72 villages in Kurseong](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/kurseong/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Latpanechar Forest?725 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Latpanechar Forest in?Darjiling district (Kurseong sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Latpanechar Forest?81.7% (Census 2011)