Totos live in elevated bamboo huts. These are raised on machas (raised platforms), and have straw thatches. There is a single log placed to get to the hut, and this log is meant to be drawn up at night.Totos are one of the most primitive communities in the world and this isolated tribal group residing only in Totopara at the foot of the Himalayas just to the borderline between West Bengal and Bhutan. This Totopara name comes from toto community and the place located on the fringe of Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary.