# Kalikapur Village, Basirhat - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basirhat - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kalikapur

Kalikapur is a village in Basirhat - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,392 people in 333 households**, the 51st largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 1,392people (2011)
- 333households
- 82.2%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalikapur

Of every 100 households in Kalikapur in 2011, 52 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kalikapur · ■ Basirhat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**22%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**33%

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

**4%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****37%**

**41%

Television ****24%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kalikapur?

■ Kalikapur · ■ Basirhat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.2%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****765**

**969

Working population ****36.3%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.0% for men and 78.2% for women. 62% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 52 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 193 (38%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 48 (10%) · **■** Marginal 210 (42%)

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 Basirhat - II

- Akatpur1,473 people
- Katiarbag1,430 people
- Rajapur1,423 people
- Bishnupur1,400 people
- Shib Chandrapur1,360 people
- Ramnarayanpur1,271 people
- Srikrishnapur1,100 people
- Komabad1,053 people

[All 67 villages in Basirhat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/basirhat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalikapur?1,392 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalikapur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Basirhat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalikapur?82.2% (Census 2011)