# Kalpara Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Kalpara

Kalpara is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,445 people in 243 households**, the 28th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 1,445people (2011)
- 243households
- 63.7%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalpara

Of every 100 households in Kalpara in 2011, 19 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 2 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kalpara · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**22%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****32%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**5%

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

**0%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****18%**

**41%

Television ****2%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****2%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kalpara?

■ Kalpara · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.7%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****856**

**957

Working population ****60.2%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.4% for men and 45.5% for women. 60% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 182 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 134 (15%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 46 (5%) · **■** Marginal 501 (58%)

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 Barabazar

- Durku1,564 people
- Kadoyan1,482 people
- Dumurdih1,480 people
- Lagudih1,451 people
- Kudlung1,445 people
- Tumrashou1,399 people
- Baramukru1,371 people
- Chandanpur1,359 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalpara?1,445 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalpara in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalpara?63.7% (Census 2011)