# Dalkajhar Forest Village, Naxalbari, Darjiling (West Bengal)

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Village · Naxalbari, Darjiling 

# Dalkajhar Forest

Dalkajhar Forest is a village in Naxalbari sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **512 people in 102 households**, the 57th largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 512people (2011)
- 102households
- 80.2%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dalkajhar Forest

Of every 100 households in Dalkajhar Forest in 2011, 76 had electricity, 49 a toilet at home and 28 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dalkajhar Forest · ■ Naxalbari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**67%

Toilet within the home ****49%**

**48%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**52%

Tap water ****32%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**39%

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

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****71%**

**83%

Use banking services ****64%**

**34%

Television ****66%**

**48%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

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

**19%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Dalkajhar Forest?

■ Dalkajhar Forest · ■ Naxalbari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.2%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**983

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****893**

**966

Working population ****30.3%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.0% for men and 73.2% for women. 44% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 44 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (6%) · **■** Household industry 4 (3%) · **■** Other work 53 (34%) · **■** Marginal 44 (28%)

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 Naxalbari

- Gaziram579 people
- Uttam Chand569 people
- Bhelu564 people
- Uttam Chanded Chhat538 people
- Dhanibanir Chhat509 people
- Raghuram481 people
- Grammani476 people
- Dhemal459 people

[All 94 villages in Naxalbari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/naxalbari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dalkajhar Forest?512 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dalkajhar Forest in?Darjiling district (Naxalbari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dalkajhar Forest?80.2% (Census 2011)