# Kalinga Village, Baduria – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Baduria, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kalinga

Kalinga is a village in Baduria sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,578 people in 632 households**, the 47th largest of 96 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.5%.

- 2,578people (2011)
- 632households
- 80.2%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalinga

Of every 100 households in Kalinga in 2011, 33 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kalinga · ■ Baduria rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****72%**

**81%

No toilet (open defecation) ****19%**

**16%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**35%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****41%**

**57%

Television ****14%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**24%

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 Kalinga?

■ Kalinga · ■ Baduria rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.2%**

**78.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****980**

**960

Working population ****33.8%**

**38.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.1% for men and 76.1% for women. 61% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 210 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 327 (38%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 280 (32%) · **■** Marginal 54 (6%)

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 Baduria

- Nabastia2,966 people
- Belgaria2,882 people
- Labanga2,790 people
- Rasui2,646 people
- Tildanga2,376 people
- Atlia2,364 people
- Nowapara2,357 people
- Umapatipur2,309 people

[All 96 villages in Baduria](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/baduria/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalinga?2,578 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalinga in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Baduria sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalinga?80.2% (Census 2011)