Kalam, Matigara

Kalam is a village located in the Matigara Subdivision of Darjeeling district of West Bengal. The village falls in Matigara block and comes under Matigara-I Gram Panchayat.

As on November 2024, the current population of Kalam is 6.2 thousands out of which 3.6 thousands are males and rest 2.6 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 727 females per 1000 males. There are around 610 teenagers in Kalam. It has literacy rate of 76% which means around 4.7 thousands persons can read and write. Total 997 people belonging to scheduled caste and 473 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 1.4 thousands households in Kalam, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 2.5 thousands. The pincode of Kalam is 734012 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Sushrut Nagar Sub Post office
• Ranidanga Branch Post office

Schools

Kalam has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Alphonsa School
• Saptashri Gyanpeeth
• Ranidanga Kalaram High School (High School)
• Ranidanga Darjeeling Public School
• North Point Residential School

Hospitals

Kalam has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Kawakhali Sub-Center
• Kawakhari Sub-Center

Banks

Kalam has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Bandhan Bank Kawakhari
• Canara Bank Ranidanga
• Indian Overseas Bank Kawakhali
• State Bank of India North Bengal Medical College, Siliguri
• State Bank of India Ranidanga