# Kalitara Village, Murarai - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Murarai - I, Birbhum 

# Kalitara

Kalitara is a village in Murarai - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,063 people in 468 households**, the 28th largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 37.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 55.4%.

- 2,063people (2011)
- 468households
- 37.2%literacy
- 905females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalitara

Of every 100 households in Kalitara in 2011, 14 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kalitara · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**84%

Tap water ****1%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**10%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**86%

Use banking services ****17%**

**20%

Television ****6%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****52%**

**46%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kalitara?

■ Kalitara · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****37.2%**

**55.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****897**

**983

Working population ****41.3%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 41.9% for men and 32.0% for women. 56% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 88 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 237 (28%) · **■** Household industry 166 (19%) · **■** Other work 180 (21%) · **■** Marginal 181 (21%)

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 Murarai - I

- Ruprampur2,488 people
- Batia2,308 people
- Gopalpur2,285 people
- Na-Ani Gangadda2,120 people
- Raghunathpur2,052 people
- Paniara1,889 people
- Dalima1,818 people
- Sohara1,816 people

[All 80 villages in Murarai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/murarai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalitara?2,063 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalitara in?Birbhum district (Murarai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalitara?37.2% (Census 2011)