# Bhalka Forest Village, Kumargram, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumargram, Jalpaiguri 

# Bhalka Forest

Bhalka Forest is a village in Kumargram sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,438 people in 327 households**, the 45th largest of 53 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.8%.

- 1,438people (2011)
- 327households
- 64.8%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhalka Forest

Of every 100 households in Bhalka Forest in 2011, 23 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhalka Forest · ■ Kumargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****72%**

**49%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**96%

Use banking services ****17%**

**22%

Television ****7%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**29%

Own their home ****98%**

**82%

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 Bhalka Forest?

■ Bhalka Forest · ■ Kumargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.8%**

**69.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****968**

**947

Working population ****44.3%**

**40.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.4% for men and 57.0% for women. 57% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 58 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 112 (18%) · **■** Other work 63 (10%) · **■** Marginal 404 (63%)

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 Kumargram

- Gachaimari2,036 people
- Dakshin Haldibari1,950 people
- Chengmari1,658 people
- Dhumpara Forest1,439 people
- Phaskhawa Tea Garden1,202 people
- Paglarhat1,157 people
- Raydak Forest865 people
- Jayanti Tea Garden II842 people

[All 53 villages in Kumargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/kumargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhalka Forest?1,438 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhalka Forest in?Jalpaiguri district (Kumargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhalka Forest?64.8% (Census 2011)