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Chumang Forest Population - Darjiling, West Bengal

Chumang Forest is a small village located in Kalimpong - II Block of Darjiling district, West Bengal with total 23 families residing. The Chumang Forest village has population of 120 of which 63 are males while 57 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chumang Forest village population of children with age 0-6 is 16 which makes up 13.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chumang Forest village is 905 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chumang Forest as per census is 778, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Chumang Forest village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chumang Forest village was 72.12 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chumang Forest Male literacy stands at 83.33 % while female literacy rate was 60.00 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Chumang Forest village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Chumang Forest village.

Chumang Forest Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 23 - -
Population 120 63 57
Child (0-6) 16 9 7
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 97 54 43
Literacy 72.12 % 83.33 % 60.00 %
Total Workers 41 37 4
Main Worker 8 - -
Marginal Worker 33 31 2

Caste Factor

In Chumang Forest village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 80.83 % of total population in Chumang Forest village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chumang Forest village of Darjiling.

Work Profile

In Chumang Forest village out of total population, 41 were engaged in work activities. 19.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 80.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 41 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.