# Kodalia Village, Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Kodalia

Kodalia is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,504 people in 771 households**, the 18th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 3,504people (2011)
- 771households
- 85.7%literacy
- 906females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kodalia

Of every 100 households in Kodalia in 2011, 66 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kodalia · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**19%

Tap water ****4%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**90%

Use banking services ****34%**

**44%

Television ****35%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**17%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Kodalia?

■ Kodalia · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.7%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****906**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****869**

**942

Working population ****35.3%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.7% for men and 79.2% for women. 53% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 70 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 203 (16%) · **■** Household industry 143 (12%) · **■** Other work 638 (52%) · **■** Marginal 183 (15%)

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 Kolaghat

- Sulani3,746 people
- Bathan Berya3,689 people
- Machhinan3,638 people
- Faridpur3,619 people
- Marberya3,496 people
- Jadupur3,461 people
- Pulsit3,428 people
- Nandai Gajan3,413 people

[All 109 villages in Kolaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/kolaghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kodalia?3,504 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kodalia in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kodalia?85.7% (Census 2011)