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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kalikapur

Kalikapur is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **512 people in 125 households**, the 157th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 512people (2011)
- 125households
- 70.1%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalikapur

Of every 100 households in Kalikapur in 2011, 98 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kalikapur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****4%**

**41%

Television ****35%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****55%**

**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 Kalikapur?

■ Kalikapur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.1%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****781**

**965

Working population ****37.5%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.7% for men and 57.6% for women. 56% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 5 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 13 (7%) · **■** Marginal 173 (90%)

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

- Chak Bhikan530 people
- Ristara524 people
- Madanganj522 people
- Chak Hosen519 people
- Satrai512 people
- Ekmail507 people
- Katna507 people
- Chak Gobinda502 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalikapur?512 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalikapur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalikapur?70.1% (Census 2011)