# Kalancha Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kalancha

Kalancha is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **331 people in 68 households**, the 187th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 331people (2011)
- 68households
- 78.2%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalancha

Of every 100 households in Kalancha in 2011, 88 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kalancha · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**27%

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

**17%

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

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****21%**

**18%

Television ****24%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Kalancha?

■ Kalancha · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.2%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**955

Working population ****45.9%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.8% for men and 69.5% for women. 62% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 66 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (3%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 12 (8%) · **■** Marginal 68 (45%)

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 Kushmundi

- Dhandail347 people
- Ekdala342 people
- Jafarpur338 people
- Nambhail336 people
- Bhagmaha326 people
- Jamunadanga326 people
- Ibrahimpur322 people
- Angaripara321 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalancha?331 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalancha in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalancha?78.2% (Census 2011)