# Bara Kalikapur Village, Mayureswar - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mayureswar - II, Birbhum 

# Bara Kalikapur

Bara Kalikapur is a village in Mayureswar - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,300 people in 311 households**, the 26th largest of 125 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,300people (2011)
- 311households
- 67.3%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara Kalikapur

Of every 100 households in Bara Kalikapur in 2011, 18 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bara Kalikapur · ■ Mayureswar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**38%

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

**19%

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

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**18%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**90%

Use banking services ****21%**

**23%

Television ****12%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****61%**

**41%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Bara Kalikapur?

■ Bara Kalikapur · ■ Mayureswar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.3%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**963

Working population ****44.8%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.3% for men and 58.9% for women. 60% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 61 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 277 (48%) · **■** Household industry 19 (3%) · **■** Other work 77 (13%) · **■** Marginal 148 (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 Mayureswar - II

- Belera1,458 people
- Ramnagar1,446 people
- Radhanagar1,390 people
- Kaleswar1,333 people
- Gidhila1,265 people
- Serunia1,254 people
- Balur1,241 people
- Mahesha1,204 people

[All 131 villages in Mayureswar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bara Kalikapur?1,300 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara Kalikapur in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bara Kalikapur?67.3% (Census 2011)