# 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 **861 people in 234 households**, the 36th largest of 41 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 861people (2011)
- 234households
- 82.4%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Buxa Forest

Of every 100 households in Buxa Forest in 2011, 69 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Buxa Forest · ■ Kalchini rural average

Electricity for lighting ****69%**

**54%

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

**35%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**63%

Tap water ****39%**

**50%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**92%

Use banking services ****18%**

**61%

Television ****42%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****50%**

**30%

Own their home ****86%**

**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+) ****82.4%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**1005

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1238**

**980

Working population ****37.4%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.6% for men and 74.3% for women. 59% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 118 (37%) · **■** Marginal 204 (63%)

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 Mandalpara1,962 people
- Uttar Barajhar Forest1,783 people
- Radharani Tea Garden1,492 people
- Satali Nakadala1,305 people
- Gabaur Bachhra Forest534 people
- Chuapara429 people
- Bhutri Forest223 people
- Nilpara Forest112 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Buxa Forest?861 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Buxa Forest in?Jalpaiguri district (Kalchini sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Buxa Forest?82.4% (Census 2011)