# Kalanchi Village, Gaighata – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kalanchi

Kalanchi is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,153 people in 281 households**, the 83rd largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 1,153people (2011)
- 281households
- 73.7%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalanchi

Of every 100 households in Kalanchi in 2011, 70 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Kalanchi · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**3%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**46%

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

**6%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****37%**

**47%

Television ****32%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**3%

None of these assets ****7%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kalanchi?

■ Kalanchi · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.7%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****853**

**965

Working population ****40.2%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.0% for men and 69.2% for women. 66% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 153 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 166 (36%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 103 (22%) · **■** Marginal 41 (9%)

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 Gaighata

- Chhota Sehana1,275 people
- Banglani1,253 people
- Katakhali1,235 people
- Panshila1,170 people
- Nera Gazipur1,104 people
- Kamia1,103 people
- Madhusudankati972 people
- Shyampur Shripur972 people

[All 100 villages in Gaighata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/gaighata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalanchi?1,153 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalanchi in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalanchi?73.7% (Census 2011)