# Torsa Forest Village, Alipurduar - I, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Alipurduar - I, Jalpaiguri 

# Torsa Forest

Torsa Forest is a village in Alipurduar - I sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **219 people in 41 households**, the 47th largest of 47 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.3%.

- 219people (2011)
- 41households
- 74.5%literacy
- 810females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Torsa Forest

Of every 100 households in Torsa Forest in 2011, 0 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Torsa Forest · ■ Alipurduar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**23%

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

**45%

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

**54%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****76%**

**74%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****20%**

**20%

Television ****7%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**28%

Own their home ****98%**

**91%

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 Torsa Forest?

■ Torsa Forest · ■ Alipurduar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.5%**

**72.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****810**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****929**

**963

Working population ****36.1%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.4% for men and 67.1% for women. 50% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 26 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 44 (56%) · **■** Other work 4 (5%) · **■** Marginal 5 (6%)

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 Alipurduar - I

- Dakshin Barajhar Forest1,208 people
- Jaldapara1,098 people
- Parpatla Khawa620 people
- Salkumar Forest334 people

[All 47 villages in Alipurduar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/alipurduar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Torsa Forest?219 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Torsa Forest in?Jalpaiguri district (Alipurduar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Torsa Forest?74.5% (Census 2011)