# Kalinagar Village, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kalinagar

Kalinagar is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **301 people in 65 households**, the 217th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 301people (2011)
- 65households
- 65.9%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalinagar

Of every 100 households in Kalinagar in 2011, 83 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kalinagar · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**30%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****17%**

**34%

Television ****28%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.9%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****947**

**979

Working population ****32.6%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.7% for men and 58.0% for women. 52% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 23 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (12%) · **■** Other work 42 (43%) · **■** Marginal 21 (21%)

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 Jhargram

- Baladmara307 people
- Jaljali307 people
- Kumarduba304 people
- Dhadki Danga301 people
- Kayema301 people
- Chhota Chuyasuli299 people
- Kumari296 people
- Brindabanpur295 people

[All 604 villages in Jhargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jhargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalinagar?301 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalinagar in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalinagar?65.9% (Census 2011)