# Sivoke Forest Village, Matigara, Darjiling (West Bengal)

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Village · Matigara, Darjiling 

# Sivoke Forest

Sivoke Forest is a village in Matigara sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,045 people in 224 households**, the 36th largest of 59 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 1,045people (2011)
- 224households
- 80.3%literacy
- 876females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sivoke Forest

Of every 100 households in Sivoke Forest in 2011, 85 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 28 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sivoke Forest · ■ Matigara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****85%**

**72%

Toilet within the home ****41%**

**63%

No toilet (open defecation) ****59%**

**36%

Tap water ****38%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**59%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****28%**

**26%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****70%**

**71%

Use banking services ****49%**

**52%

Television ****60%**

**55%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**13%

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

**4%

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

**12%

Own their home ****77%**

**82%

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 Sivoke Forest?

■ Sivoke Forest · ■ Matigara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.3%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****876**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****770**

**992

Working population ****37.7%**

**38.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.6% for men and 72.2% for women. 55% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 65 (16%) · **■** Marginal 320 (81%)

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 Matigara

- Jadubhitar Chhat1,242 people
- Karaibari1,183 people
- Lachka1,126 people
- Sisabari1,085 people
- Nichitpur990 people
- Dumriguri Chhat950 people
- Jhauguri767 people
- Khoklong737 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sivoke Forest?1,045 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sivoke Forest in?Darjiling district (Matigara sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sivoke Forest?80.3% (Census 2011)