# Budhkaran Village, Naxalbari, Darjiling (West Bengal)

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Village · Naxalbari, Darjiling 

# Budhkaran

Budhkaran is a village in Naxalbari sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,632 people in 342 households**, the 21st largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 1,632people (2011)
- 342households
- 72.9%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Budhkaran

Of every 100 households in Budhkaran in 2011, 75 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Budhkaran · ■ Naxalbari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****75%**

**67%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**48%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**52%

Tap water ****15%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**39%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**83%

Use banking services ****32%**

**34%

Television ****50%**

**48%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**19%

Own their home ****96%**

**78%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Budhkaran?

■ Budhkaran · ■ Naxalbari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.9%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**983

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1126**

**966

Working population ****31.1%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.6% for men and 62.7% for women. 54% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 174 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 80 (16%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 207 (41%) · **■** Marginal 41 (8%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Naxalbari

- Shaibhita1,851 people
- Ketugabur1,814 people
- Batlabari1,813 people
- Deomani1,735 people
- Naksalbari1,618 people
- Nandalal1,522 people
- Atal1,487 people
- Bhujia Bani1,487 people

[All 94 villages in Naxalbari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/naxalbari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Budhkaran?1,632 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Budhkaran in?Darjiling district (Naxalbari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Budhkaran?72.9% (Census 2011)