# Kalikapur Village, Barasat - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Barasat - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kalikapur

Kalikapur is a village in Barasat - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,675 people in 374 households**, the 50th largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.1%.

- 1,675people (2011)
- 374households
- 71.1%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalikapur

Of every 100 households in Kalikapur in 2011, 32 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kalikapur · ■ Barasat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**54%

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

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**16%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

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

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**91%

Use banking services ****18%**

**40%

Television ****20%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**9%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****53%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**95%

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 Kalikapur?

■ Kalikapur · ■ Barasat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.1%**

**78.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****872**

**952

Working population ****35.7%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.1% for men and 63.5% for women. 60% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 100 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 126 (21%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 235 (39%) · **■** Marginal 135 (23%)

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 - II

- Bagband-Saiberia1,866 people
- Chakaminpur1,838 people
- Bharparabara Mallik1,820 people
- Mochpol1,756 people
- Nababpur1,654 people
- Kola1,636 people
- Mitpukuria1,618 people
- Palitpara1,581 people

[All 77 villages in Barasat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/barasat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalikapur?1,675 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalikapur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Barasat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalikapur?71.1% (Census 2011)