# Kalsara Village, Barasat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Barasat - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kalsara

Kalsara is a village in Barasat - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,165 people in 468 households**, the 36th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 2,165people (2011)
- 468households
- 73.3%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalsara

Of every 100 households in Kalsara in 2011, 54 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kalsara · ■ Barasat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****78%**

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**15%

Tap water ****2%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****83%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**78%

Use banking services ****55%**

**46%

Television ****27%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****23%**

**18%

Own their home ****96%**

**92%

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 Kalsara?

■ Kalsara · ■ Barasat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.3%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****851**

**940

Working population ****31.7%**

**34.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.6% for men and 72.1% for women. 55% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 96 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 170 (25%) · **■** Household industry 21 (3%) · **■** Other work 313 (46%) · **■** Marginal 86 (13%)

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 Barasat - I

- Moch Pol2,254 people
- Kilishpur2,252 people
- Raghubirpur2,190 people
- Berunanpukhuria2,188 people
- Nimdaria2,095 people
- Sarbaria2,094 people
- Rangapur2,081 people
- Taldharia1,988 people

[All 70 villages in Barasat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/barasat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalsara?2,165 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalsara in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Barasat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalsara?73.3% (Census 2011)