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

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Village · Kalchini, Jalpaiguri 

# Buxa Forest

Buxa Forest is a village in Kalchini sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **9,242 people in 2,072 households**, the 7th largest of 41 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 9,242people (2011)
- 2,072households
- 62.4%literacy
- 985females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Buxa Forest

Of every 100 households in Buxa Forest in 2011, 34 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Buxa Forest · ■ Kalchini rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**35%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**63%

Tap water ****21%**

**50%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**92%

Use banking services ****44%**

**61%

Television ****22%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**30%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Buxa Forest?

■ Buxa Forest · ■ Kalchini rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.4%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****985**

**1005

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1043**

**980

Working population ****45.4%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.6% for men and 56.0% for women. 58% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1,126 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 208 (5%) · **■** Household industry 19 (0%) · **■** Other work 903 (22%) · **■** Marginal 1,944 (46%)

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 Tea Garden12,178 people
- Rangamati Tea Garden9,987 people
- Bhatpara Tea Garden9,985 people
- Malangi Tea Garden9,516 people
- Gopimohan Tea Garden8,290 people
- Atiabari Tea Garden7,504 people
- Chuapara Tea Garden7,229 people
- Bharnobari Tea Garden7,057 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Buxa Forest?9,242 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Buxa Forest in?Jalpaiguri district (Kalchini sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Buxa Forest?62.4% (Census 2011)