# Panta Pari Forest Village, Naxalbari, Darjiling (West Bengal)

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Village · Naxalbari, Darjiling 

# Panta Pari Forest

Panta Pari Forest is a village in Naxalbari sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **434 people in 84 households**, the 62nd largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 434people (2011)
- 84households
- 59.8%literacy
- 982females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panta Pari Forest

Of every 100 households in Panta Pari Forest in 2011, 64 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Panta Pari Forest · ■ Naxalbari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**67%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**48%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**52%

Tap water ****1%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**39%

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

**16%

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

**83%

Use banking services ****3%**

**34%

Television ****27%**

**48%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**9%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**19%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Panta Pari Forest?

■ Panta Pari Forest · ■ Naxalbari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.8%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982**

**983

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1375**

**966

Working population ****47.9%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.0% for men and 50.3% for women. 68% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 44 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 39 (19%) · **■** Household industry 10 (5%) · **■** Other work 59 (28%) · **■** Marginal 56 (27%)

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

- Dhanibanir Chhat509 people
- Raghuram481 people
- Grammani476 people
- Dhemal459 people
- Gram Manir Chhat340 people
- Nimubhitar Chhat274 people
- Pataram252 people
- Mingharar Chhat245 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Panta Pari Forest?434 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panta Pari Forest in?Darjiling district (Naxalbari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Panta Pari Forest?59.8% (Census 2011)