# Kalna Village, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kalna

Kalna is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,943 people in 461 households**, the 16th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 1,943people (2011)
- 461households
- 73.4%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalna

Of every 100 households in Kalna in 2011, 34 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kalna · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**70%

Tap water ****6%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**33%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****12%**

**25%

Television ****7%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**33%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Kalna?

■ Kalna · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.4%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****776**

**951

Working population ****34.5%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.8% for men and 73.0% for women. 56% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 237 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 172 (26%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 18 (3%) · **■** Marginal 239 (36%)

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 Kumarganj

- Chak-Barham2,282 people
- Beltara2,151 people
- Kharail2,029 people
- Chak Ramray1,957 people
- Kulahari1,878 people
- Samjia1,861 people
- Bishwanathpur1,811 people
- Muglishpur1,780 people

[All 218 villages in Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalna?1,943 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalna in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalna?73.4% (Census 2011)