# Holapara Forest Village, Madarihat, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Madarihat, Jalpaiguri 

# Holapara Forest

Holapara Forest is a village in Madarihat sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **617 people in 121 households**, the 42nd largest of 48 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.9%.

- 617people (2011)
- 121households
- 68.1%literacy
- 997females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Holapara Forest

Of every 100 households in Holapara Forest in 2011, 25 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Holapara Forest · ■ Madarihat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****59%**

**59%

Tap water ****2%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**33%

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

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**88%

Use banking services ****94%**

**38%

Television ****14%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**63%

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 Holapara Forest?

■ Holapara Forest · ■ Madarihat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.1%**

**66.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****997**

**992

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1275**

**974

Working population ****60.1%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.6% for men and 56.0% for women. 63% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 73 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 27 (7%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 19 (5%) · **■** Marginal 251 (68%)

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 Madarihat

- Sarugaon1,429 people
- Dumchi Tea Garden1,004 people
- Nepania994 people
- Lankapara Hat778 people
- Garochera Bandapani569 people
- Khairbari Forest494 people
- Riti Forest337 people
- Dumchi Forest327 people

[All 48 villages in Madarihat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/madarihat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Holapara Forest?617 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Holapara Forest in?Jalpaiguri district (Madarihat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Holapara Forest?68.1% (Census 2011)