# Kalara Village, Daspur - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/daspur-i/kalara/

Village · Daspur - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kalara

Kalara is a village in Daspur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,363 people in 550 households**, the 17th largest of 157 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.0%.

- 2,363people (2011)
- 550households
- 87.1%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalara

Of every 100 households in Kalara in 2011, 91 had electricity, 79 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kalara · ■ Daspur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**70%

Toilet within the home ****79%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****19%**

**38%

Tap water ****40%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**6%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****64%**

**59%

Television ****46%**

**36%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**55%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**13%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**13%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kalara?

■ Kalara · ■ Daspur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.1%**

**84.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****853**

**972

Working population ****41.4%**

**41.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.3% for men and 80.6% for women. 63% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 279 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 106 (11%) · **■** Household industry 29 (3%) · **■** Other work 394 (40%) · **■** Marginal 171 (17%)

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 Daspur - I

- Surjanagar2,567 people
- Ranapur2,502 people
- Radhakantapur2,473 people
- Rabidaspur2,444 people
- Beliaghata2,196 people
- Panchberya2,164 people
- Gobindanagar2,085 people
- Chandipur1,979 people

[All 162 villages in Daspur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/daspur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalara?2,363 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalara in?Paschim Medinipur district (Daspur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalara?87.1% (Census 2011)