# Kalikapur Village, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tamluk, Purba Medinipur 

# Kalikapur

Kalikapur is a village in Tamluk sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,208 people in 504 households**, the 33rd largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.9%.

- 2,208people (2011)
- 504households
- 88.0%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalikapur

Of every 100 households in Kalikapur in 2011, 68 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kalikapur · ■ Tamluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****68%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****72%**

**72%

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

**20%

Tap water ****1%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**7%

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

**3%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****48%**

**45%

Television ****26%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**20%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Kalikapur?

■ Kalikapur · ■ Tamluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.0%**

**86.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1025**

**972

Working population ****29.8%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.6% for men and 80.8% for women. 53% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 265 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 30 (5%) · **■** Household industry 66 (10%) · **■** Other work 155 (24%) · **■** Marginal 143 (22%)

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 Tamluk

- Chaksiruradha2,329 people
- Chapbasan2,318 people
- Ganapatinagar2,309 people
- Jay Krishnapur2,281 people
- Naki Basan2,204 people
- Chatradari2,172 people
- Chawrakalganda2,124 people
- Chak Srikrishnapur2,100 people

[All 99 villages in Tamluk](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/tamluk/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalikapur?2,208 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalikapur in?Purba Medinipur district (Tamluk sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalikapur?88.0% (Census 2011)