# Kalidahi Village, Nanda Kumar, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Nanda Kumar, Purba Medinipur 

# Kalidahi

Kalidahi is a village in Nanda Kumar sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **899 people in 190 households**, the 88th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 85.6%.

- 899people (2011)
- 190households
- 93.0%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalidahi

Of every 100 households in Kalidahi in 2011, 50 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kalidahi · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**17%

Tap water ****1%**

**10%

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

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****10%**

**39%

Television ****17%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**34%

Own their home ****99%**

**95%

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 Kalidahi?

■ Kalidahi · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.0%**

**85.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****725**

**940

Working population ****32.6%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.6% for men and 88.3% for women. 60% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 56 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 164 (56%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 41 (14%) · **■** Marginal 28 (10%)

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 Nanda Kumar

- Chak Durgabasan954 people
- Dakshin Sautan Chak926 people
- Betalbasan913 people
- Nilkunthya907 people
- Mansantosh896 people
- Rautari870 people
- Kumarpur845 people
- Mallick Chak812 people

[All 101 villages in Nanda Kumar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nanda-kumar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalidahi?899 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalidahi in?Purba Medinipur district (Nanda Kumar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalidahi?93.0% (Census 2011)