# Dalgaon Forest Village, Falakata, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Falakata, Jalpaiguri 

# Dalgaon Forest

Dalgaon Forest is a village in Falakata sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **317 people in 68 households**, the 60th largest of 60 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.6%.

- 317people (2011)
- 68households
- 48.7%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dalgaon Forest

Of every 100 households in Dalgaon Forest in 2011, 15 had electricity, 43 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dalgaon Forest · ■ Falakata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****43%**

**55%

No toilet (open defecation) ****57%**

**43%

Tap water ****97%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**78%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**95%

Use banking services ****0%**

**20%

Television ****3%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****72%**

**33%

Own their home ****97%**

**90%

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 Dalgaon Forest?

■ Dalgaon Forest · ■ Falakata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.7%**

**70.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1111**

**941

Working population ****45.1%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.9% for men and 40.0% for women. 53% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 60 (42%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 26 (18%) · **■** Marginal 54 (38%)

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 Falakata

- Sishabari Sarugaon1,997 people
- Paschim Deogaon1,921 people
- Karaibari1,871 people
- Dalmoney Tea Garden1,539 people

[All 60 villages in Falakata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/falakata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dalgaon Forest?317 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dalgaon Forest in?Jalpaiguri district (Falakata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dalgaon Forest?48.7% (Census 2011)