# Chhota Kalankai Village, Kharagpur - II – Population

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Village · Kharagpur - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Chhota Kalankai

Chhota Kalankai is a village in Kharagpur - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **479 people in 130 households**, the 122nd largest of 330 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.1%.

- 479people (2011)
- 130households
- 61.3%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhota Kalankai

Of every 100 households in Chhota Kalankai in 2011, 53 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chhota Kalankai · ■ Kharagpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**50%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**26%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**94%

Use banking services ****12%**

**42%

Television ****8%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**26%

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 Chhota Kalankai?

■ Chhota Kalankai · ■ Kharagpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.3%**

**76.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****606**

**970

Working population ****47.0%**

**43.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.3% for men and 52.9% for women. 59% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 9 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 203 (90%) · **■** Other work 9 (4%) · **■** Marginal 4 (2%)

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 Kharagpur - II

- Gadgachhi488 people
- Radhaballav Pur486 people
- Shyamalpur484 people
- Keshpur483 people
- Dundarachak479 people
- Paiknagari479 people
- Mrijapur478 people
- Shyamsundarpur478 people

[All 353 villages in Kharagpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/kharagpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chhota Kalankai?479 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhota Kalankai in?Paschim Medinipur district (Kharagpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chhota Kalankai?61.3% (Census 2011)