# Kotalpukur Village, Kanksa, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Kanksa, Barddhaman 

# Kotalpukur

Kotalpukur is a village in Kanksa sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **243 people in 60 households**, the 69th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.5%.

- 243people (2011)
- 60households
- 50.5%literacy
- 992females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kotalpukur

Of every 100 households in Kotalpukur in 2011, 67 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kotalpukur · ■ Kanksa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****67%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**68%

Tap water ****100%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**70%

Use banking services ****10%**

**68%

Television ****2%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**12%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****65%**

**18%

Own their home ****92%**

**96%

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 Kotalpukur?

■ Kotalpukur · ■ Kanksa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.5%**

**72.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****542**

**976

Working population ****55.1%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.2% for men and 41.7% for women. 57% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 128 (96%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 4 (3%)

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 Kanksa

- Rautdihi433 people
- Mahalchandni347 people
- Dubrajpur342 people
- Sundipur312 people
- Bidbihar206 people
- Srirampur202 people
- Pathardiha179 people
- Sadhumara137 people

[All 82 villages in Kanksa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/kanksa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kotalpukur?243 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotalpukur in?Barddhaman district (Kanksa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kotalpukur?50.5% (Census 2011)