# Kalswar Village, Manteswar, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/manteswar/kalswar/

Village · Manteswar, Barddhaman 

# Kalswar

Kalswar is a village in Manteswar sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **590 people in 141 households**, the 114th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 590people (2011)
- 141households
- 62.6%literacy
- 1,007females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalswar

Of every 100 households in Kalswar in 2011, 52 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kalswar · ■ Manteswar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**47%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**52%

Tap water ****4%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**88%

Use banking services ****71%**

**68%

Television ****28%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**32%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Kalswar?

■ Kalswar · ■ Manteswar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.6%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1007**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****737**

**968

Working population ****36.4%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.1% for men and 54.5% for women. 60% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 61 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 86 (40%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 49 (23%) · **■** Marginal 18 (8%)

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 Manteswar

- Jhikra635 people
- Dwari623 people
- Uttardihi610 people
- Shele606 people
- Basudebpur586 people
- Dewangadi586 people
- Katsihi566 people
- Purbba Khanpur565 people

[All 144 villages in Manteswar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/manteswar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalswar?590 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalswar in?Barddhaman district (Manteswar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalswar?62.6% (Census 2011)