Kharibari CD block is a part of the Western Dooars, a physiographic region spread over the foothills of the Himalayas.

It is a plain land gently sloping from north to south, with an elevation varying from 80 m to 300 m.[1] The Mechi forms the international boundary with Nepal on the western side.

[8] Gram panchayats in Kharibari CD block are: Binnabari, Buraganj, Kharibari-Panishali and Raniganj-Panishali.

[9] According to the 2011 Census of India, the Kharibari CD block had a total population of 109,251, of which 97,399 were rural and 11,852 were urban.

[10] Large villages (with 4,000+ population) in the Kharibari CD block are (2011 census figures in brackets): Uttar Ramdhan (6,892), Gandagal (4,363) and Pataram (4,141).

[10] Other villages in the Kharibari CD block include (2011 census figures in brackets): Buraganja (616).

[10] See also – List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate Primary Census Abstract Data

[13] According to a World Bank report, as of 2012, 4-9% of the population in Darjeeling, North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas districts were below poverty level, the lowest among the districts of West Bengal, which had an average 20% of the population below poverty line.

It includes factory, mining, plantation, transport and office workers, those engaged in business and commerce, teachers, entertainment artistes and so on.

[17] There are 73 inhabited villages in the Kharibari CD block, as per the District Census Handbook, Darjiling, 2011.

100% villages have telephones (including landlines, public call offices and mobile phones).

[18] In 2012-13, there were 10 fertiliser depots, 10 seed stores and 22 fair price shops in Kharibari CD block.

The average annual production including those from the plain areas, exceeds 10 million kg.