# Kalidaha Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Kalidaha

Kalidaha is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,110 people in 404 households**, the 16th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 2,110people (2011)
- 404households
- 66.3%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalidaha

Of every 100 households in Kalidaha in 2011, 23 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kalidaha · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**30%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**6%

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

**3%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****78%**

**50%

Television ****10%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**21%

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 Kalidaha?

■ Kalidaha · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.3%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****892**

**937

Working population ****32.7%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.0% for men and 50.5% for women. 53% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 74 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 27 (4%) · **■** Household industry 11 (2%) · **■** Other work 234 (34%) · **■** Marginal 344 (50%)

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

- Manpura2,338 people
- Talajuri2,305 people
- Gourangadih2,246 people
- Mehi2,240 people
- Makhyada2,086 people
- Bhalagara2,046 people
- Bar-Ahartor1,991 people
- Uparra1,836 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalidaha?2,110 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalidaha in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalidaha?66.3% (Census 2011)