Kalchini, Alipurduar
Kalchini is a neighbourhood in the Kalchini CD block in the Alipurduar subdivision of the Alipurduar district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
Location
Kalchini is located at.According to the map of the Kalchini CD block on page 217 in the District Census Handbook, Jalpaiguri, 2011 census, Kalchini police station and CD block headquarters are shown as being a part of Uttar Latabari census town/ mouza.
Area overview
Alipurduar district is covered by two maps. It is an extensive area in the eastern end of the Dooars in West Bengal. It is undulating country, largely forested, with numerous rivers flowing down from the outer ranges of the Himalayas in Bhutan. It is a predominantly rural area with 79.38% of the population living in the rural areas. The district has 1 municipal town and 20 census towns and that means that 20.62% of the population lives in the urban areas. The scheduled castes and scheduled tribes together form more than half the population in all the six community development blocks in the district. There is high concentration of tribal people in the three northern blocks of the district.Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.