# Kalma Ghat Village, Potashpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Kalma Ghat

Kalma Ghat is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,290 people in 307 households**, the 39th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 1,290people (2011)
- 307households
- 81.4%literacy
- 1,061females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalma Ghat

Of every 100 households in Kalma Ghat in 2011, 30 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kalma Ghat · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**18%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****73%**

**95%

Use banking services ****48%**

**46%

Television ****14%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****41%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Kalma Ghat?

■ Kalma Ghat · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.4%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1061**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1086**

**932

Working population ****45.1%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.9% for men and 75.3% for women. 60% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 109 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 122 (21%) · **■** Household industry 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 133 (23%) · **■** Marginal 205 (35%)

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 Potashpur - I

- Tapinda1,346 people
- Pal Para Bheri1,327 people
- Paharpur1,316 people
- Ambi1,306 people
- Sanya1,279 people
- Dhokra Banka1,272 people
- Mirjapur1,258 people
- Khidirpur1,236 people

[All 139 villages in Potashpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalma Ghat?1,290 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalma Ghat in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalma Ghat?81.4% (Census 2011)