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

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Village · Mirik, Darjiling 

# Phuguri Forest

Phuguri Forest is a village in Mirik sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **79 people in 14 households**, the 20th largest of 21 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.8%.

- 79people (2011)
- 14households
- 75.7%literacy
- 1,194females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Phuguri Forest

Of every 100 households in Phuguri Forest in 2011, 92 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 62 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Phuguri Forest · ■ Mirik rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**84%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**34%

Tap water ****0%**

**24%

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

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****62%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****38%**

**85%

Use banking services ****8%**

**85%

Television ****69%**

**57%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**2%

None of these assets ****23%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Phuguri Forest?

■ Phuguri Forest · ■ Mirik rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.7%**

**80.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1194**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****4000**

**908

Working population ****32.9%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.7% for men and 66.7% for women. 50% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 3 (12%) · **■** Other work 8 (31%) · **■** Marginal 15 (58%)

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

- Panthabari Forest556 people
- Panighata Manager's Bunglow213 people
- Lohagar Forest144 people
- Manjua Forest143 people
- Manjha Fst.53 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Phuguri Forest?79 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Phuguri Forest in?Darjiling district (Mirik sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Phuguri Forest?75.7% (Census 2011)