# Purba Kalikapur Village, Mayureswar - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mayureswar - I, Birbhum 

# Purba Kalikapur

Purba Kalikapur is a village in Mayureswar - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **834 people in 212 households**, the 62nd largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 834people (2011)
- 212households
- 72.1%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Kalikapur

Of every 100 households in Purba Kalikapur in 2011, 49 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purba Kalikapur · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**45%

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

**18%

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

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**17%

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

**3%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****54%**

**55%

Television ****34%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****41%**

**32%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Purba Kalikapur?

■ Purba Kalikapur · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.1%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1220**

**975

Working population ****41.0%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.7% for men and 62.7% for women. 60% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 91 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 111 (32%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 29 (8%) · **■** Marginal 110 (32%)

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 Mayureswar - I

- Gadadharpur893 people
- Banaspur874 people
- Idrakpur850 people
- Pipulgram835 people
- Tarachi794 people
- Dhanghara782 people
- Gopalnagar771 people
- Diara760 people

[All 113 villages in Mayureswar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Kalikapur?834 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Kalikapur in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Kalikapur?72.1% (Census 2011)