# Kalapukur Village, Tarakeswar, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Tarakeswar, Hugli 

# Kalapukur

Kalapukur is a village in Tarakeswar sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,230 people in 272 households**, the 53rd largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.0%.

- 1,230people (2011)
- 272households
- 78.9%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalapukur

Of every 100 households in Kalapukur in 2011, 25 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kalapukur · ■ Tarakeswar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**73%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**67%

No toilet (open defecation) ****41%**

**28%

Tap water ****54%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**80%

Use banking services ****19%**

**55%

Television ****19%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**14%

Own their home ****73%**

**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 Kalapukur?

■ Kalapukur · ■ Tarakeswar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.9%**

**80.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****925**

**949

Working population ****46.3%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.2% for men and 69.1% for women. 66% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 119 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 161 (28%) · **■** Household industry 11 (2%) · **■** Other work 179 (31%) · **■** Marginal 99 (17%)

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 Tarakeswar

- Kunjaban1,270 people
- Tarakeswar1,264 people
- Bhata1,253 people
- Sainta1,242 people
- Jagajibanpur1,208 people
- Gayeshpur1,205 people
- Chakdaha1,177 people
- Panchgachhi1,174 people

[All 90 villages in Tarakeswar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/tarakeswar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalapukur?1,230 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalapukur in?Hugli district (Tarakeswar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalapukur?78.9% (Census 2011)