# Nilpara Forest Village, Kalchini, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Kalchini, Jalpaiguri 

# Nilpara Forest

Nilpara Forest is a village in Kalchini sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **112 people in 27 households**, the 40th largest of 41 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 112people (2011)
- 27households
- 76.0%literacy
- 1,154females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nilpara Forest

Of every 100 households in Nilpara Forest in 2011, 100 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 88 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Nilpara Forest · ■ Kalchini rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**54%

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

**35%

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

**63%

Tap water ****100%**

**50%

Drinking water within premises ****100%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**92%

Use banking services ****65%**

**61%

Television ****85%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****88%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****12%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**30%

Own their home ****0%**

**55%

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 Nilpara Forest?

■ Nilpara Forest · ■ Kalchini rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.0%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1154**

**1005

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**980

Working population ****34.8%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.5% for men and 66.1% for women. 56% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 35 (90%) · **■** Marginal 4 (10%)

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 Kalchini

- Buxa Forest861 people
- Gabaur Bachhra Forest534 people
- Chuapara429 people
- Bhutri Forest223 people
- Parmalangi100 people

[All 41 villages in Kalchini](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/kalchini/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nilpara Forest?112 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nilpara Forest in?Jalpaiguri district (Kalchini sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nilpara Forest?76.0% (Census 2011)