# Panthabari Forest Village, Mirik, Darjiling (West Bengal)

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Village · Mirik, Darjiling 

# Panthabari Forest

Panthabari Forest is a village in Mirik sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **556 people in 119 households**, the 16th largest of 21 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.8%.

- 556people (2011)
- 119households
- 67.4%literacy
- 1,014females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panthabari Forest

Of every 100 households in Panthabari Forest in 2011, 79 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Panthabari Forest · ■ Mirik rural average

Electricity for lighting ****79%**

**84%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**34%

Tap water ****0%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**85%

Use banking services ****88%**

**85%

Television ****46%**

**57%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****24%**

**22%

Own their home ****94%**

**85%

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 Panthabari Forest?

■ Panthabari Forest · ■ Mirik rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.4%**

**80.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1014**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****915**

**908

Working population ****29.7%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.7% for men and 57.4% for women. 57% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Other work 5 (3%) · **■** Marginal 160 (97%)

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 Mirik

- Bara Chenga1,880 people
- Tingling Tea Garden1,624 people
- Purba Phuguri Tea Garden1,174 people
- Rangmohan576 people
- Panighata Manager's Bunglow213 people
- Lohagar Forest144 people
- Manjua Forest143 people
- Phuguri Forest79 people

[All 21 villages in Mirik](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/mirik/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Panthabari Forest?556 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panthabari Forest in?Darjiling district (Mirik sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Panthabari Forest?67.4% (Census 2011)