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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Kumai Forest is a village in Gorubathan mandal, Kalimpong district, West Bengal. With a population of 1,393 across 272 households, it has a literacy rate of 73%. The village is located at coordinates 26.996°N, 88.849°E with postal code 735223.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MANOJ LAMA
Contact: 90****5605
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- LGD code
- 306325
- Pincode
- 735223
- Post office
- Matelli
- Population
- 1,393
- Households
- 272
- Literacy rate
- 73%
- Sex ratio
- 982 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 750
- Distance to district centre
- 24 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 12 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 494 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1158 km
- Nearest railway station
- Chalsa · 14 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kumai Forest compares
By population, Kumai Forest ranks #15 of 38 villages in Gorubathan mandal.
Literacy rate
%
73.0%
+4.3% vs mandal average
- Kumai Forest
- 73.0%
- Gorubathan mandal
- 68.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
982
+29 vs mandal average
- Kumai Forest
- 982
- Gorubathan mandal
- 953
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Kumai Forest
- 5.1
- Gorubathan mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kumai Forest at a glance
Kumai Forest is a village of 1,393 people in 272 households (Census 2011) in Gorubathan block, Kalimpong district, West Bengal, the 15th-largest of 38 villages in Gorubathan block. Literacy is 73%, 4 points above the block average of 69% and the sex ratio is 982 women per 1,000 men. It lies 24 km from the Kalimpong district centre, 14 km from Bhagatpur Tea Garden, the nearest town, 14 km from Chalsa railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 735223, served by Matelli post office; the LGD village code is 306325. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 14 km away. The sarpanch is MANOJ LAMA, and the village votes in Kalimpong assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bharat Kumar Chetri. The population is estimated at 1,558 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kumai →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kumai Forest · this village | 1,393 | 73% | — |
| Kumai Tea Garden · Gorubathan | 3,907 | 71% | 2 km W |
| Yongttong Tea Garden · Matiali | 2,808 | 61% | 2.9 km SW |
| Rango Forest · Gorubathan | 9,131 | 73% | 4.5 km N |
| Kumai Khasmahal · Gorubathan | 1,590 | 50% | 4.2 km NW |
| Samsing Tea Garden · Matiali | 6,713 | 68% | 4.2 km SW |
| Matiali Tea Garden · Matiali | 6,380 | 57% | 5.1 km SW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kumai Forest
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 1,367.04
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 465.79
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kumai 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 — Kumai Forest
- LGD code
- 306325
- Pincode
- 735223
- Post office
- Matelli
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,393
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,558
- Households
- 272
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 982
- Literacy rate
- 73.0%
- Coordinates
- 26.99604°N, 88.84855°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Darjeeling
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kalimpong
- Member of Parliament
- Raju Bista
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bharat Kumar Chetri
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MANOJ LAMA
- Block / Mandal
- Gorubathan
Getting there
How to reach Kumai Forest
Nearest town · 12,555 people
Bhagatpur Tea Garden · ≈ 14 km
≈ 29 min by car · 35 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata494 kmcapital
- Delhi1158 km
- Hyderabad1509 km
- Chennai1786 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationChalsa14 km
- Bus stopSamsing Tea Garden4 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital14 km
- ATM / bankCentral Bank, Chalsa Br.14 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum16 km
- CollegeSikkim Professional University43 km
- Police stationBorder control, foreigners can't pass9 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 735223
Villages near Kumai Forest
Other villages in Gorubathan mandal
View all 37+ →- Rango Forest
- Paten Godak Khasmahal
- Gorubathan Khasmahal
- Today Tangta Khasmahal
- Kumai Tea Garden
- Samsing Khasmahal
- Upper Fagu Tea Garden
- Pankhasari Khasmahal
- Pagrang Bong Khasmahal
- Lower Fagu Tea Garden
- Nim Khasmahal
- Darjiling Hilldoars Tea Garden
- Samabiyong Tea Garden
- Kumai Khasmahal
- Mal Khasmahal
- Ambeok Tea Garden
- Sakam Forest
- Mal Forest
- Dalingma Khasmahal
- Pankasari Forest
- Dalingkot Forest
- Pogu Forest
- Lehti Forest
- Pashiting Khasmahal
- Paren Forest
- Noam Forest
- Ambeok Forest
- Chichu Forest
- Eastnar Forest
- Manabari Khasmahal
- Mo Forest
- Rechila Chak Khasmahal
- Rechila Forest
- Ruka Forest
- Thousum Forest
- Turibari Khasmahal
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-08
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)