# Purba Kalikapur Village, Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Purba Kalikapur

Purba Kalikapur is a village in Hilli sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **690 people in 167 households**, the 49th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.0%.

- 690people (2011)
- 167households
- 82.0%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Kalikapur

Of every 100 households in Purba Kalikapur in 2011, 34 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Purba Kalikapur · ■ Hilli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**42%

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

**38%

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

**60%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**5%

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

**86%

Use banking services ****2%**

**36%

Television ****12%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

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

**32%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Purba Kalikapur?

■ Purba Kalikapur · ■ Hilli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.0%**

**76.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****975**

**966

Working population ****31.4%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.1% for men and 76.4% for women. 51% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 72 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 103 (47%) · **■** Household industry 20 (9%) · **■** Other work 9 (4%) · **■** Marginal 13 (6%)

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 Hilli

- Garna858 people
- Muraripur782 people
- Ponorahar702 people
- Syampur691 people
- Gosaipur689 people
- Ismailpur661 people
- Fajullapur651 people
- Baigram640 people

[All 82 villages in Hilli](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/hilli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Kalikapur?690 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Kalikapur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Hilli sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Kalikapur?82.0% (Census 2011)