# Bhutri Forest Village, Kalchini, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Kalchini, Jalpaiguri 

# Bhutri Forest

Bhutri Forest is a village in Kalchini sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **223 people in 46 households**, the 39th largest of 41 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 223people (2011)
- 46households
- 74.5%literacy
- 798females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhutri Forest

Of every 100 households in Bhutri Forest in 2011, 87 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bhutri Forest · ■ Kalchini rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**35%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**63%

Tap water ****0%**

**50%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****69%**

**61%

Television ****44%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**30%

Own their home ****84%**

**55%

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 Bhutri Forest?

■ Bhutri Forest · ■ Kalchini rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.5%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****798**

**1005

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****267**

**980

Working population ****39.0%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.4% for men and 63.2% for women. 59% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 20 (23%) · **■** Marginal 66 (76%)

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 Kalchini

- Satali Nakadala1,305 people
- Buxa Forest861 people
- Gabaur Bachhra Forest534 people
- Chuapara429 people
- Nilpara Forest112 people
- Parmalangi100 people

[All 41 villages in Kalchini](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/kalchini/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhutri Forest?223 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhutri Forest in?Jalpaiguri district (Kalchini sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhutri Forest?74.5% (Census 2011)