# Kalna Village, Khandaghosh, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Khandaghosh, Barddhaman 

# Kalna

Kalna is a village in Khandaghosh sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,759 people in 455 households**, the 33rd largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.3%.

- 1,759people (2011)
- 455households
- 74.3%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalna

Of every 100 households in Kalna in 2011, 74 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kalna · ■ Khandaghosh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****74%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**56%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**36%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**81%

Use banking services ****97%**

**70%

Television ****21%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****24%**

**19%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kalna?

■ Kalna · ■ Khandaghosh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.3%**

**77.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1065**

**960

Working population ****49.9%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.6% for men and 67.6% for women. 63% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 209 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 276 (31%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 164 (19%) · **■** Marginal 221 (25%)

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 Khandaghosh

- Huria1,980 people
- Metedanga1,865 people
- Rupsa1,835 people
- Bara Gopinathpur1,774 people
- Khantikar1,757 people
- Sagrai1,755 people
- Kumirkola1,731 people
- Amba1,633 people

[All 111 villages in Khandaghosh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/khandaghosh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalna?1,759 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalna in?Barddhaman district (Khandaghosh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalna?74.3% (Census 2011)