# Purba Kalikapur Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Purba Kalikapur

Purba Kalikapur is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,461 people in 614 households**, the 33rd largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 2,461people (2011)
- 614households
- 76.7%literacy
- 1,022females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Kalikapur

Of every 100 households in Purba Kalikapur in 2011, 58 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purba Kalikapur · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**48%

Tap water ****23%**

**19%

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

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**84%

Use banking services ****91%**

**58%

Television ****39%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****13%**

**18%

Own their home ****93%**

**96%

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 · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.7%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1022**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1064**

**962

Working population ****48.4%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.0% for men and 69.5% for women. 64% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 50 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 183 (15%) · **■** Household industry 64 (5%) · **■** Other work 430 (36%) · **■** Marginal 465 (39%)

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 Dhaniakhali

- Habibpur2,660 people
- Dhamaitikar2,621 people
- Khajurdaha2,600 people
- Gete Gari2,574 people
- Dighir2,412 people
- Ghoshla2,355 people
- Baidyapur2,304 people
- Chandpur2,281 people

[All 214 villages in Dhaniakhali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/dhaniakhali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Kalikapur?2,461 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Kalikapur in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Kalikapur?76.7% (Census 2011)