# Kalapathar Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Kalapathar

Kalapathar is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,649 people in 316 households**, the 27th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 1,649people (2011)
- 316households
- 67.0%literacy
- 1,009females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalapathar

Of every 100 households in Kalapathar in 2011, 38 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kalapathar · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**91%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****62%**

**84%

Use banking services ****98%**

**50%

Television ****27%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**21%

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 Kalapathar?

■ Kalapathar · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.0%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1009**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****811**

**937

Working population ****38.1%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.9% for men and 58.5% for women. 53% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 53 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 204 (32%) · **■** Household industry 72 (11%) · **■** Other work 139 (22%) · **■** Marginal 161 (26%)

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 Kashipur

- Chitra1,771 people
- Pabra Pahari1,752 people
- Damankiari1,680 people
- Lalpur Alias Jorthol1,654 people
- Sonathol1,586 people
- Chakalta1,538 people
- Jekro Alias Panchagora1,534 people
- Rajra1,532 people

[All 209 villages in Kashipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/kashipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalapathar?1,649 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalapathar in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalapathar?67.0% (Census 2011)