Rango Forest is a large village located in Gorubathan Block of Darjiling district, West Bengal with total 2012 families residing. The Rango Forest village has population of 9131 of which 4563 are males while 4568 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Rango Forest village population of children with age 0-6 is 777 which makes up 8.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rango Forest village is 1001 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Rango Forest as per census is 877, lower than West Bengal average of 956.
Rango Forest village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Rango Forest village was 79.95 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Rango Forest Male literacy stands at 87.44 % while female literacy rate was 72.56 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Rango 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 Rango Forest village.
Rango Forest Data
| Particulars |
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Total No. of Houses |
2,012 |
- |
- |
| Population |
9,131 |
4,563 |
4,568 |
| Child (0-6) |
777 |
414 |
363 |
| Schedule Caste |
955 |
471 |
484 |
| Schedule Tribe |
1,684 |
843 |
841 |
| Literacy |
79.95 % |
87.44 % |
72.56 % |
| Total Workers |
2,691 |
1,785 |
906 |
| Main Worker |
1,880 |
- |
- |
| Marginal Worker |
811 |
555 |
256 |
Caste Factor
Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 18.44 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 10.46 % of total population in Rango Forest village.
Work Profile
In Rango Forest village out of total population, 2691 were engaged in work activities. 69.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Of 2691 workers engaged in Main Work, 41 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 133 were Agricultural labourer.