# Kalikadihi Village, Pingla, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kalikadihi

Kalikadihi is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **367 people in 89 households**, the 130th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 367people (2011)
- 89households
- 82.1%literacy
- 902females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalikadihi

Of every 100 households in Kalikadihi in 2011, 36 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kalikadihi · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****85%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**20%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****66%**

**60%

Television ****28%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**0%

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 Kalikadihi?

■ Kalikadihi · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.1%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****902**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****792**

**942

Working population ****38.7%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.2% for men and 75.5% for women. 60% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 53 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 38 (27%) · **■** Other work 26 (18%) · **■** Marginal 25 (18%)

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 Pingla

- Mahishgot402 people
- Jonkha401 people
- Uttar Kalakunja395 people
- Bar Phalash Pur368 people
- Mangalpur363 people
- Kuila Chak362 people
- Sangar Batitaki348 people
- Karkai Batitaki346 people

[All 182 villages in Pingla](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/pingla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalikadihi?367 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalikadihi in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalikadihi?82.1% (Census 2011)