# Kalaighata Village, Ranaghat - I, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Ranaghat - I, Nadia 

# Kalaighata

Kalaighata is a village in Ranaghat - I sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,723 people in 658 households**, the 17th largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.8%.

- 2,723people (2011)
- 658households
- 67.6%literacy
- 896females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalaighata

Of every 100 households in Kalaighata in 2011, 30 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kalaighata · ■ Ranaghat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**60%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**77%

No toilet (open defecation) ****33%**

**22%

Tap water ****12%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**67%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**90%

Use banking services ****20%**

**38%

Television ****10%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****50%**

**19%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Kalaighata?

■ Kalaighata · ■ Ranaghat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.6%**

**74.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**929

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****914**

**939

Working population ****33.2%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.1% for men and 60.4% for women. 55% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 60 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 144 (16%) · **■** Household industry 54 (6%) · **■** Other work 404 (45%) · **■** Marginal 242 (27%)

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 Ranaghat - I

- Nandighat3,070 people
- Baharpur3,043 people
- Khisma2,944 people
- Kayet Para2,846 people
- Majdia2,720 people
- Takshali2,485 people
- Par Niamatpur2,344 people
- Budya Nandapur1,980 people

[All 60 villages in Ranaghat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/ranaghat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalaighata?2,723 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalaighata in?Nadia district (Ranaghat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalaighata?67.6% (Census 2011)