# Kalgerya Village, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kalgerya

Kalgerya is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **520 people in 99 households**, the 223rd largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 520people (2011)
- 99households
- 78.6%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalgerya

Of every 100 households in Kalgerya in 2011, 98 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kalgerya · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**56%

Tap water ****100%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****50%**

**58%

Television ****9%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**18%

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 Kalgerya?

■ Kalgerya · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.6%**

**77.9%

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

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****939**

**960

Working population ****28.1%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.2% for men and 69.6% for women. 53% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 138 (95%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (2%) · **■** Marginal 5 (3%)

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 Keshpur

- Gopinathpur534 people
- Bagasol531 people
- Deulbar528 people
- Nara Gerya522 people
- Chak Raghab519 people
- Gun Hara519 people
- Jorakeundi519 people
- Dhamsai516 people

[All 634 villages in Keshpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalgerya?520 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalgerya in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalgerya?78.6% (Census 2011)