# Kalsona Village, Sankrail, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sankrail, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kalsona

Kalsona is a village in Sankrail sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **496 people in 117 households**, the 85th largest of 247 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 496people (2011)
- 117households
- 53.1%literacy
- 1,016females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalsona

Of every 100 households in Kalsona in 2011, 8 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kalsona · ■ Sankrail rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**49%

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

**23%

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

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****100%**

**51%

Television ****0%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****5%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**19%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Kalsona?

■ Kalsona · ■ Sankrail rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.1%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1016**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****968**

**973

Working population ****56.5%**

**45.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.4% for men and 45.0% for women. 59% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 123 (44%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 18 (6%) · **■** Marginal 134 (48%)

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 Sankrail

- Bhalki Sol528 people
- Kunarda517 people
- Dudh Kundi512 people
- Bhagaban Chak497 people
- Rangadiha496 people
- Jamsol495 people
- Sankrail491 people
- Mundakati485 people

[All 287 villages in Sankrail](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/sankrail/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalsona?496 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalsona in?Paschim Medinipur district (Sankrail sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalsona?53.1% (Census 2011)