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

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Village · Kurseong, Darjiling 

# Sukna Forest

Sukna Forest is a village in Kurseong sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **151 people in 39 households**, the 63rd largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.6%.

- 151people (2011)
- 39households
- 88.4%literacy
- 1,068females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sukna Forest

Of every 100 households in Sukna Forest in 2011, 100 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 71 cooked with LPG; 93 had a mobile phone, 31 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sukna Forest · ■ Kurseong rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**88%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**38%

Tap water ****98%**

**38%

Drinking water within premises ****100%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****71%**

**24%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****26%**

**75%

Use banking services ****100%**

**57%

Television ****88%**

**62%

Mobile phone ****93%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****31%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****5%**

**20%

Own their home ****0%**

**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 Sukna Forest?

■ Sukna Forest · ■ Kurseong rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.4%**

**79.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1068**

**1002

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1600**

**1016

Working population ****32.5%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.1% for men and 80.0% for women. 53% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 1 (2%) · **■** Other work 45 (92%) · **■** Marginal 3 (6%)

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

- Goethals274 people
- Chattakpur Forest229 people
- Paharu177 people
- Edenvale Tea Garden164 people
- Shibkhola Forest146 people
- Shalbari Chhat Dwitiya Khanda25 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sukna Forest?151 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sukna Forest in?Darjiling district (Kurseong sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sukna Forest?88.4% (Census 2011)