# Kalai Village, Panskura, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur 

# Kalai

Kalai is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,532 people in 377 households**, the 68th largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 1,532people (2011)
- 377households
- 83.4%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalai

Of every 100 households in Kalai in 2011, 21 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kalai · ■ Panskura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**93%

Use banking services ****36%**

**36%

Television ****3%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**15%

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 Kalai?

■ Kalai · ■ Panskura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.4%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****913**

**949

Working population ****60.4%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.0% for men and 76.3% for women. 62% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 38 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 82 (9%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 205 (22%) · **■** Marginal 592 (64%)

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 Panskura

- Beraberia1,600 people
- Rajnagar1,565 people
- Dharenda1,552 people
- Gotpota1,540 people
- Harinarayan Chak1,512 people
- Raniara1,500 people
- Dabuapukur1,472 people
- Medinipur Ratudya1,433 people

[All 230 villages in Panskura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/panskura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalai?1,532 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalai in?Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalai?83.4% (Census 2011)