# Apalchand Forest Village, Mal, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Mal, Jalpaiguri 

# Apalchand Forest

Apalchand Forest is a village in Mal sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,928 people in 384 households**, the 63rd largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,928people (2011)
- 384households
- 62.0%literacy
- 885females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Apalchand Forest

Of every 100 households in Apalchand Forest in 2011, 7 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Apalchand Forest · ■ Mal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**37%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****44%**

**29%

Television ****7%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**33%

Own their home ****35%**

**62%

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 Apalchand Forest?

■ Apalchand Forest · ■ Mal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.0%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****885**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****810**

**970

Working population ****45.3%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.2% for men and 53.9% for women. 55% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 328 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 42 (5%) · **■** Other work 59 (7%) · **■** Marginal 444 (51%)

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 Mal

- Bidurerdanga2,004 people
- Dakshin Chengmari1,974 people
- Dalingkote Tea Garden1,935 people
- Purba Damdim1,930 people
- Paschim Sangapara1,797 people
- Purbba Sangapara1,796 people
- Saogaon Tea Garden1,783 people
- Turibari1,710 people

[All 103 villages in Mal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/mal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Apalchand Forest?1,928 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Apalchand Forest in?Jalpaiguri district (Mal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Apalchand Forest?62.0% (Census 2011)