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

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Kalipur

Kalipur is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **106 people in 23 households**, the 105th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 106people (2011)
- 23households
- 69.1%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalipur

Of every 100 households in Kalipur in 2011, 30 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kalipur · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****56%**

**84%

Use banking services ****30%**

**44%

Television ****35%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**22%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Kalipur?

■ Kalipur · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.1%**

**64.6%

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

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**934

Working population ****43.4%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.6% for men and 57.8% for women. 51% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 4 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (20%) · **■** Other work 14 (30%) · **■** Marginal 19 (41%)

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

- Dhekiya240 people
- Bamra216 people
- Hirakhap139 people
- Baraghutu115 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalipur?106 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalipur in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalipur?69.1% (Census 2011)