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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Mal Hati Forest is a hamlet in Mal mandal, Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, located at 26.706°N, 88.675°E with PIN code 735221. The settlement has a very small population of 3 in 1 household with a literacy rate of 66.7%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ABDUL SAMAD
Contact: 97****1671
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- LGD code
- 306952
- Pincode
- 735221
- Post office
- Panwar Basty
- Population
- 3
- Households
- 1
- Literacy rate
- 66.7%
- Sex ratio
- 500 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1
- Distance to district centre
- 11 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 14 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 461 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1148 km
- Nearest railway station
- Neoranadi · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Belakoba Rural Hospital · 16 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Mal Hati Forest compares
By population, Mal Hati Forest ranks #62 of 64 villages in Mal mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.7%
+11.4% vs mandal average
- Mal Hati Forest
- 66.7%
- Mal mandal
- 55.3%
- Jalpaiguri district
- 64.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
500
−493 vs mandal average
- Mal Hati Forest
- 500
- Mal mandal
- 993
Household size
people per home
3.0
−1.7 vs mandal average
- Mal Hati Forest
- 3.0
- Mal mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mal Hati Forest at a glance
Mal Hati Forest is a village of 3 people in 1 households (Census 2011) in Mal block, Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, the 62nd-largest of 64 villages in Mal block. Literacy is 67%, 11 points above the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 500 women per 1,000 men. It lies 11 km from the Jalpaiguri district centre, 6 km from Anandapur, the nearest town, 8 km from Neoranadi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 735221, served by Panwar Basty post office; the LGD village code is 306952. The nearest hospital or health centre is Belakoba Rural Hospital, 16 km away. The sarpanch is ABDUL SAMAD, and the village votes in Mal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sukra Munda.
Gram panchayat: Changmari →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mal Hati Forest · this village | 3 | 67% | — |
| Paschim Dolaigaon · Mal | 2,480 | 55% | 1.5 km SW |
| Uttar Majhgram · Kranti | 3,092 | 61% | 2 km NE |
| Uttar Chengmari · Kranti | 844 | 53% | 2.3 km N |
| Uttar Khalpara · Kranti | 4,117 | 60% | 2.4 km SE |
| Golabari · Khejuri - I | 1,224 | 82% | 2.5 km SW |
| Golabari · Mal | 776 | 57% | 2.5 km SW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mal Hati Forest
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 129.5
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 81
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mal Hati Forest
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Mal Hati Forest
- LGD code
- 306952
- Pincode
- 735221
- Post office
- Panwar Basty
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3
- Households
- 1
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 500
- Literacy rate
- 66.7%
- Coordinates
- 26.70647°N, 88.67473°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jalpaiguri
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mal
- Member of Parliament
- Jayanta Kumar Roy
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sukra Munda
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ABDUL SAMAD
- Block / Mandal
- Mal
Getting there
How to reach Mal Hati Forest
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata461 kmcapital
- Delhi1148 km
- Hyderabad1474 km
- Chennai1750 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNeoranadi8 km
- Bus stopPaharpur Bus Stop17 km
- Hospital / PHCBelakoba Rural Hospital16 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India15 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum17 km
- CollegeUniversity of North Bengal (Jalpaiguri campus)18 km
- Police stationBelakoba Police Outpost15 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 735221
- Bainguri Tea GardenMal mandal6,742 pop
- Gojaldoba Tea GardenMal mandal5,184 pop
- Jogesh Chandra Tea GardenMal mandal4,881 pop
- Washabari Tea GardenMal mandal4,101 pop
- New Clenco Tea Garden (P)Mal mandal3,428 pop
- Purbba DolaicaonMal mandal3,144 pop
- Sisubari Tea GardenMal mandal2,932 pop
- Paschim DolaigaonMal mandal2,480 pop
- GochimariMal mandal2,445 pop
Villages near Mal Hati Forest
Other villages in Mal mandal
View all 60+ →- Bagrakot Tea Garden
- Rangamati Tea Garden
- Damdim Tea Garden
- Lishriver Tea Garden
- Haihaipathar
- Bainguri Tea Garden
- Gojaldoba Tea Garden
- Ranichera Tea Garden
- Jogesh Chandra Tea Garden
- Tesimala
- Syli Tea Garden
- Menglass Tea Garden
- Patharjhora Tea Garden
- Kumlai Tea Garden
- Odlabari Tea Garden
- Washabari Tea Garden
- Neoranadi Tea Garden
- Kantadighi Kumarpara
- New Clenco Tea Garden (P)
- Nichchalsa
- Damdimhat
- Purbba Dolaicaon
- Haihai Pathar Tea Garden I(P)
- Nipuchhapur Tea Garden
- Sisubari Tea Garden
- Nipuchhapur
- Paschim Dolaigaon
- Ellenbury Tea Garden
- Demkajhora
- Gochimari
- Kumali
- Gurjang Jhora Tea Garden
- Nidam Jhora Tea Garden
- Manabari Tea Garden
- Dalingkote Tea Garden
- Purba Damdim
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)