About Buxa Hill Forest Village

Buxa Hill Forest is a large village in Kalchini tehsil, in the district of Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,889, made up of 1,514 males and 1,375 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 11662.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 735227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Buxa Hill Forest Overview

Census 2011 figures for Buxa Hill Forest village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Jalpaiguri
Tehsil	Kalchini
Pincode	735227
Area (hectares)	11662.98 hectares
Population	2,889
Male Population	1,514
Female Population	1,375
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	908
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Buxa Hill Forest compares

By the 2011 count Buxa Hill Forest is the 27th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 5,274 residents. Its 11662.98 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Buxa Hill Forest

Buxa Hill Forest is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Buxa Hill Forest as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Buxa Hill Forest from other places

Buxa Hill Forest lies about 90 km from Jalpaiguri, and the nearest railway station is Garopara, about 16 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Buxa Hill Forest
Nearest railway station	Garopara	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kalchini	16 km
Nearest town	Jaigaon	24 km
District headquarters	Jalpaiguri	90 km

Villages closest to Buxa Hill Forest

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kalchini tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Buxa Hill Forest

As per the Census of India 2011, Buxa Hill Forest village had a population of 2,889. That makes it the 27th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,274 residents.

Buxa Hill Forest village has 1,514 males and 1,375 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Buxa Hill Forest has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 999.

The pincode recorded for Buxa Hill Forest is 735227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Buxa Hill Forest covers 11662.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Buxa Hill Forest falls under Kalchini tehsil of Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Buxa Hill Forest is Garopara, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Buxa Hill Forest.

Buxa Hill Forest is about 90 km from Jalpaiguri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Buxa Hill Forest is in Kalchini tehsil of Jalpaiguri district. Garopara is about 16 km away. Kalchini is about 16 km away. Jaigaon is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.