# Kalichar Village, Deshopran, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Deshopran, Purba Medinipur 

# Kalichar

Kalichar is a village in Deshopran sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **144 people in 30 households**, the 153rd largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 88.6%.

- 144people (2011)
- 30households
- 92.2%literacy
- 823females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalichar

Of every 100 households in Kalichar in 2011, 87 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kalichar · ■ Deshopran rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**9%

Tap water ****0%**

**17%

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

**7%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**88%

Use banking services ****3%**

**35%

Television ****0%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****13%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**94%

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 Kalichar?

■ Kalichar · ■ Deshopran rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.2%**

**88.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****823**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****875**

**949

Working population ****38.9%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.5% for men and 93.1% for women. 56% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 22 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (7%) · **■** Other work 7 (12%) · **■** Marginal 23 (41%)

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 Deshopran

- Hirakala206 people
- Tiakola199 people
- Perijpur194 people
- Paschim Kadua175 people
- Bargolia133 people
- Danguapur122 people
- Tilakberya120 people
- Kalidas Bar111 people

[All 168 villages in Deshopran](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/deshopran/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalichar?144 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalichar in?Purba Medinipur district (Deshopran sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalichar?92.2% (Census 2011)