# Kaleswar Village, Mayureswar - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mayureswar - II, Birbhum 

# Kaleswar

Kaleswar is a village in Mayureswar - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,333 people in 368 households**, the 25th largest of 125 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,333people (2011)
- 368households
- 76.6%literacy
- 987females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kaleswar

Of every 100 households in Kaleswar in 2011, 44 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kaleswar · ■ Mayureswar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**38%

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

**19%

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

**81%

Tap water ****36%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**90%

Use banking services ****41%**

**23%

Television ****35%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**41%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kaleswar?

■ Kaleswar · ■ Mayureswar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.6%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****864**

**963

Working population ****42.2%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.1% for men and 69.3% for women. 62% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 86 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 232 (41%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 99 (18%) · **■** Marginal 143 (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

- Akulpur1,522 people
- Belera1,458 people
- Ramnagar1,446 people
- Radhanagar1,390 people
- Bara Kalikapur1,300 people
- Gidhila1,265 people
- Serunia1,254 people
- Balur1,241 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kaleswar?1,333 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kaleswar in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kaleswar?76.6% (Census 2011)