Village · Cooch Behar - I, Koch Bihar
# Kalakata

Kalakata is a village in Cooch Behar - I sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 818 people in 182 households, the 101st largest of 142 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.
- 818 people (2011)
- 182 households
- 79.6% literacy
- 971 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalakata

Of every 100 households in Kalakata in 2011, 33 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Kalakata · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 33% 25%
- Toilet within the home 33% 52%
- No toilet (open defecation) 67% 47%
- Tap water 0% 14%
- Drinking water within premises 59% 83%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 9% 4%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 91% 95%
- Use banking services 35% 40%
- Television 12% 12%
- Mobile phone 21% 27%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 5% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 4% 1%
- None of these assets 61% 36%
- Own their home 95% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Kalakata?

■ Kalakata · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 79.6% 75.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 971 938
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 814 942
- Working population 32.9% 41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.6% for men and 74.6% for women. 56% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 41 (15%) · ■ Farm labourers 60 (22%) · ■ Household industry 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 154 (57%) · ■ Marginal 13 (5%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Cooch Behar - I
- Barapak 867 people
- Patpisu 858 people
- Dakshin Kursamari 853 people
- Purba Phalimari 833 people
- Mainaguri Singijani 798 people
- Giriar Kuthi 792 people
- Jongra 754 people
- Khairamari 742 people

All 143 villages in Cooch Behar - I

## Other places named Kalakata
- Kalakata · Village, Purulia - II, Puruliya · 707 people
- Kalakata · Village, Dhemaji, Dhemaji · 567 people
- Kalakata · Village, Ranishwar, Dumka · 494 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Kalakata? 818 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalakata in? Koch Bihar district (Cooch Behar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalakata? 79.6% (Census 2011)

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