# Kalha Village, Bagmundi, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Bagmundi, Puruliya 

# Kalha

Kalha is a village in Bagmundi sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **422 people in 79 households**, the 90th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 31.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 422people (2011)
- 79households
- 31.9%literacy
- 1,029females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalha

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

■ Kalha · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

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

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****91%**

**30%

Television ****1%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****1%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**27%

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 Kalha?

■ Kalha · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****31.9%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1029**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****860**

**951

Working population ****39.8%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 47.9% for men and 16.9% for women. 49% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 41 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 49 (29%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 7 (4%) · **■** Marginal 70 (42%)

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 Bagmundi

- Khirabera442 people
- Karihensa433 people
- Punia Shasan430 people
- Gorait Sakra426 people
- Uttamdi Alias Rengtudi404 people
- Shilingda369 people
- Telia Bhasa367 people
- Basudi352 people

[All 142 villages in Bagmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bagmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalha?422 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalha in?Puruliya district (Bagmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalha?31.9% (Census 2011)