Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Khairbari Forest Population - Jalpaiguri, West Bengal

Khairbari Forest is a medium size village located in Madarihat Block of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal with total 98 families residing. The Khairbari Forest village has population of 494 of which 261 are males while 233 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khairbari Forest village population of children with age 0-6 is 51 which makes up 10.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khairbari Forest village is 893 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Khairbari Forest as per census is 645, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Khairbari Forest village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Khairbari Forest village was 65.01 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Khairbari Forest Male literacy stands at 73.91 % while female literacy rate was 55.40 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Khairbari Forest village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Khairbari Forest village.

Khairbari Forest Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 98 - -
Population 494 261 233
Child (0-6) 51 31 20
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 441 230 211
Literacy 65.01 % 73.91 % 55.40 %
Total Workers 261 143 118
Main Worker 139 - -
Marginal Worker 122 32 90

Caste Factor

In Khairbari Forest village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 89.27 % of total population in Khairbari Forest village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Khairbari Forest village of Jalpaiguri.

Work Profile

In Khairbari Forest village out of total population, 261 were engaged in work activities. 53.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 261 workers engaged in Main Work, 115 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.