# Kalikapur Village, Rajarhat – Population & Literacy

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Village · Rajarhat, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kalikapur

Kalikapur is a village in Rajarhat sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,666 people in 345 households**, the 25th largest of 30 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.9%.

- 1,666people (2011)
- 345households
- 80.0%literacy
- 897females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalikapur

Of every 100 households in Kalikapur in 2011, 86 had electricity, 73 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kalikapur · ■ Rajarhat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**81%

Toilet within the home ****73%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****27%**

**11%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**68%

Use banking services ****54%**

**58%

Television ****45%**

**54%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**4%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**19%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**6%

None of these assets ****9%**

**8%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kalikapur?

■ Kalikapur · ■ Rajarhat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.0%**

**81.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****897**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****775**

**915

Working population ****31.7%**

**31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.0% for men and 74.5% for women. 56% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 168 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 112 (21%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 221 (42%) · **■** Marginal 25 (5%)

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 Rajarhat

- Kadampukur1,981 people
- Ganragari1,907 people
- Chhota Chanpur1,820 people
- Kalaberia1,794 people
- Jhalgachhi1,641 people
- Bagu1,435 people
- Arbelia964 people
- Khamar827 people

[All 31 villages in Rajarhat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/rajarhat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalikapur?1,666 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalikapur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Rajarhat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalikapur?80.0% (Census 2011)