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

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Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur 

# Kalidan

Kalidan is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,244 people in 542 households**, the 30th largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 2,244people (2011)
- 542households
- 88.6%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalidan

Of every 100 households in Kalidan in 2011, 9 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kalidan · ■ Panskura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**75%

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

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****57%**

**36%

Television ****5%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**15%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kalidan?

■ Kalidan · ■ Panskura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.6%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****849**

**949

Working population ****51.7%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.9% for men and 81.9% for women. 60% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 98 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 235 (20%) · **■** Household industry 21 (2%) · **■** Other work 172 (15%) · **■** Marginal 635 (55%)

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

- Purbba Pitpur2,355 people
- Amdan2,324 people
- Maguri Jagannath Chak2,288 people
- Simulhanda2,282 people
- Raybandh2,226 people
- Patanda2,189 people
- Dakshin Chan Chiara2,135 people
- Purul2,126 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalidan?2,244 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalidan in?Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalidan?88.6% (Census 2011)