# Kalikapur Village, Rampurhat - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Rampurhat - I, Birbhum 

# Kalikapur

Kalikapur is a village in Rampurhat - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,684 people in 414 households**, the 42nd largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 1,684people (2011)
- 414households
- 61.8%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalikapur

Of every 100 households in Kalikapur in 2011, 30 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kalikapur · ■ Rampurhat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**80%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**87%

Use banking services ****14%**

**43%

Television ****15%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

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

**1%

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

**35%

Own their home ****96%**

**92%

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 Kalikapur?

■ Kalikapur · ■ Rampurhat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.8%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****913**

**945

Working population ****30.3%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.5% for men and 59.1% for women. 53% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 100 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 227 (45%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 129 (25%) · **■** Marginal 52 (10%)

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 Rampurhat - I

- Gug1,767 people
- Majkhanda1,750 people
- Kamikhya1,733 people
- Mahendrapur1,689 people
- Naishorgram1,603 people
- Bamdebpur1,579 people
- Mandala1,566 people
- Chhatma Dangal1,505 people

[All 119 villages in Rampurhat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/rampurhat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalikapur?1,684 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalikapur in?Birbhum district (Rampurhat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalikapur?61.8% (Census 2011)