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

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Village · Kalchini, Jalpaiguri 

# Buxa Hill Forest

Buxa Hill Forest is a village in Kalchini sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,889 people in 608 households**, the 27th largest of 41 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 2,889people (2011)
- 608households
- 59.9%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Buxa Hill Forest

Of every 100 households in Buxa Hill Forest in 2011, 0 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Buxa Hill Forest · ■ Kalchini rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**35%

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

**63%

Tap water ****27%**

**50%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**26%

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

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**92%

Use banking services ****44%**

**61%

Television ****8%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****73%**

**30%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Hill Forest?

■ Buxa Hill Forest · ■ Kalchini rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.9%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**1005

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1129**

**980

Working population ****39.7%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.5% for men and 51.3% for women. 51% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 13 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 308 (27%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 62 (5%) · **■** Marginal 761 (66%)

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

- Uttar Mandabari3,481 people
- Nimti Domohani3,388 people
- Paschim Satali3,153 people
- Chhota Jaygaon3,083 people
- Dakshin Latabari2,450 people
- Madhya Satali2,240 people
- Dakshin Satali2,189 people
- Dakshin Mandabari2,037 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Buxa Hill Forest?2,889 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Buxa Hill Forest in?Jalpaiguri district (Kalchini sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Buxa Hill Forest?59.9% (Census 2011)