# Kalidasdi Village, Purulia - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Kalidasdi

Kalidasdi is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **352 people in 64 households**, the 96th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 352people (2011)
- 64households
- 69.3%literacy
- 913females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalidasdi

Of every 100 households in Kalidasdi in 2011, 36 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kalidasdi · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**84%

Use banking services ****23%**

**44%

Television ****22%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**22%

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 Kalidasdi?

■ Kalidasdi · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.3%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****913**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****636**

**934

Working population ****67.3%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.4% for men and 59.7% for women. 70% of men and 65% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 7 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 119 (50%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 16 (7%) · **■** Marginal 94 (40%)

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 Purulia - I

- Lusabera416 people
- Chituara408 people
- Ranipur396 people
- Tilagara362 people
- Koldi346 people
- Bhursa341 people
- Gosaindi316 people
- Narradi299 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalidasdi?352 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalidasdi in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalidasdi?69.3% (Census 2011)