# Kalsi Village, Harirampur, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Harirampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kalsi

Kalsi is a village in Harirampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,221 people in 293 households**, the 37th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 28.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 1,221people (2011)
- 293households
- 28.3%literacy
- 929females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalsi

Of every 100 households in Kalsi in 2011, 30 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kalsi · ■ Harirampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****17%**

**24%

Television ****12%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****48%**

**32%

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 Kalsi?

■ Kalsi · ■ Harirampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****28.3%**

**64.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****929**

**983

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1097**

**973

Working population ****43.4%**

**40.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 31.7% for men and 24.5% for women. 58% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 149 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 76 (14%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 114 (22%) · **■** Marginal 188 (35%)

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 Harirampur

- Lahuchar1,252 people
- Kharua1,232 people
- Marara1,229 people
- Barakasba1,227 people
- Maliandighi1,202 people
- Binair1,186 people
- Jagdalla1,129 people
- Kasba1,123 people

[All 151 villages in Harirampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/harirampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalsi?1,221 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalsi in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Harirampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalsi?28.3% (Census 2011)