# Kalitha Village, Nalhati - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Nalhati - I, Birbhum 

# Kalitha

Kalitha is a village in Nalhati - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,711 people in 892 households**, the 18th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.5%.

- 3,711people (2011)
- 892households
- 77.0%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalitha

Of every 100 households in Kalitha in 2011, 34 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kalitha · ■ Nalhati - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**85%

Tap water ****38%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**9%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****49%**

**46%

Television ****12%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**0%

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

**41%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Kalitha?

■ Kalitha · ■ Nalhati - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.0%**

**75.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****898**

**959

Working population ****37.9%**

**35.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.2% for men and 72.5% for women. 62% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 291 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 360 (26%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 273 (19%) · **■** Marginal 472 (34%)

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 Nalhati - I

- Tejhati4,002 people
- Haritoka3,922 people
- Atgram3,794 people
- Kurumgram3,728 people
- Gobindapur3,361 people
- Kukhura3,297 people
- Madhabpur2,886 people
- Haridaspur2,856 people

[All 94 villages in Nalhati - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/nalhati-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalitha?3,711 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalitha in?Birbhum district (Nalhati - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalitha?77.0% (Census 2011)