# Kalinagar Village, Sandeshkhali - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sandeshkhali - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kalinagar

Kalinagar is a village in Sandeshkhali - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **8,679 people in 1,938 households**, the 6th largest of 30 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.1%.

- 8,679people (2011)
- 1,938households
- 73.5%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalinagar

Of every 100 households in Kalinagar in 2011, 29 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kalinagar · ■ Sandeshkhali - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**64%

No toilet (open defecation) ****30%**

**31%

Tap water ****6%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****36%**

**32%

Television ****15%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****45%**

**48%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Kalinagar?

■ Kalinagar · ■ Sandeshkhali - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.5%**

**71.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****865**

**936

Working population ****41.6%**

**37.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.9% for men and 66.1% for women. 60% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 293 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 671 (19%) · **■** Household industry 72 (2%) · **■** Other work 1,595 (44%) · **■** Marginal 979 (27%)

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 Sandeshkhali - I

- Bayar Mari Abad11,030 people
- Fakirtakia10,361 people
- Baunia Abad10,028 people
- Laukhali Patharghata9,180 people
- Agarhati6,889 people
- Matbari Abad6,748 people
- Ghoshpur6,606 people
- Chunchura6,267 people

[All 30 villages in Sandeshkhali - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/sandeshkhali-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalinagar?8,679 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalinagar in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Sandeshkhali - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalinagar?73.5% (Census 2011)