# Kalipathar Village, Neturia, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Neturia, Puruliya 

# Kalipathar

Kalipathar is a village in Neturia sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **564 people in 88 households**, the 53rd largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 564people (2011)
- 88households
- 62.7%literacy
- 986females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalipathar

Of every 100 households in Kalipathar in 2011, 42 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 25 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kalipathar · ■ Neturia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

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

**66%

Use banking services ****68%**

**57%

Television ****18%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****25%**

**14%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**16%

Own their home ****99%**

**94%

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 Kalipathar?

■ Kalipathar · ■ Neturia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.7%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****986**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****894**

**967

Working population ****48.9%**

**37.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.6% for men and 47.9% for women. 52% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 8 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 47 (17%) · **■** Marginal 219 (79%)

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 Neturia

- Bhaska608 people
- Rangdihi601 people
- Asta591 people
- Asanbani564 people
- Benipur561 people
- Dudhiapani555 people
- Uttarra550 people
- Radha Madhabpur542 people

[All 123 villages in Neturia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/neturia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalipathar?564 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalipathar in?Puruliya district (Neturia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalipathar?62.7% (Census 2011)