# Kalakata Village, Purulia - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Kalakata

Kalakata is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **707 people in 142 households**, the 77th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 707people (2011)
- 142households
- 71.1%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalakata

Of every 100 households in Kalakata in 2011, 4 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kalakata · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**28%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****67%**

**84%

Use banking services ****53%**

**41%

Television ****7%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**25%

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 Kalakata?

■ Kalakata · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.1%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****822**

**966

Working population ****47.9%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.4% for men and 57.7% for women. 46% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 65 (19%) · **■** Marginal 270 (80%)

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 - II

- Khairibahal761 people
- Jahajpur748 people
- Latuliya741 people
- Manipur710 people
- Harialgara669 people
- Sandradi606 people
- Banbahal596 people
- Palaskala588 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalakata?707 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalakata in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalakata?71.1% (Census 2011)