# Kaliha Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kaliha

Kaliha is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **171 people in 42 households**, the 264th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 171people (2011)
- 42households
- 84.9%literacy
- 839females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kaliha

Of every 100 households in Kaliha in 2011, 7 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kaliha · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**47%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****0%**

**90%

Use banking services ****46%**

**41%

Television ****11%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****32%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Kaliha?

■ Kaliha · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.9%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****839**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****727**

**965

Working population ****47.4%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.5% for men and 77.1% for women. 62% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 20 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 25 (31%) · **■** Other work 13 (16%) · **■** Marginal 23 (28%)

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 Balurghat

- Chilimbad173 people
- Nihi Nagar173 people
- Asurakrisnabati172 people
- Chakbajit171 people
- Chak Basanta165 people
- Bannapara160 people
- Baodhara155 people
- Mathurapur151 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kaliha?171 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kaliha in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kaliha?84.9% (Census 2011)