# Kalikapur Village, Mejhia, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Mejhia, Bankura 

# Kalikapur

Kalikapur is a village in Mejhia sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **666 people in 143 households**, the 44th largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 666people (2011)
- 143households
- 81.1%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalikapur

Of every 100 households in Kalikapur in 2011, 44 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kalikapur · ■ Mejhia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**47%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**52%

Use banking services ****18%**

**36%

Television ****17%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****45%**

**27%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Kalikapur?

■ Kalikapur · ■ Mejhia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.1%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1079**

**937

Working population ****30.8%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.4% for men and 71.2% for women. 56% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 34 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 52 (25%) · **■** Marginal 115 (56%)

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 Mejhia

- Anandapur714 people
- Ramlalpur710 people
- Matabel709 people
- Sarama706 people
- Palashi665 people
- Moshnekonda633 people
- Nandanpur628 people
- Debagram620 people

[All 75 villages in Mejhia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/mejhia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalikapur?666 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalikapur in?Bankura district (Mejhia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalikapur?81.1% (Census 2011)