# Kalpathar Village, Bankura - I, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Bankura - I, Bankura 

# Kalpathar

Kalpathar is a village in Bankura - I sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,173 people in 225 households**, the 24th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.7%.

- 1,173people (2011)
- 225households
- 68.5%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalpathar

Of every 100 households in Kalpathar in 2011, 52 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kalpathar · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**25%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****68%**

**68%

Use banking services ****22%**

**35%

Television ****27%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kalpathar?

■ Kalpathar · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.5%**

**68.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****931**

**961

Working population ****55.6%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.9% for men and 54.4% for women. 61% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 123 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 105 (16%) · **■** Household industry 17 (3%) · **■** Other work 228 (35%) · **■** Marginal 179 (27%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Bankura - I

- Gosaindihi1,302 people
- Chingra1,260 people
- Sanaband1,238 people
- Ailakundi1,207 people
- Patalkhuri1,149 people
- Bhikurdihi1,147 people
- Patakala1,105 people
- Manushmura1,088 people

[All 150 villages in Bankura - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/bankura-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalpathar?1,173 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalpathar in?Bankura district (Bankura - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalpathar?68.5% (Census 2011)