# Kalikapur Village, Santuri, Puruliya (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/santuri/kalikapur/

Village · Santuri, Puruliya 

# Kalikapur

Kalikapur is a village in Santuri sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **234 people in 42 households**, the 82nd largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 234people (2011)
- 42households
- 49.7%literacy
- 1,208females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalikapur

Of every 100 households in Kalikapur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kalikapur · ■ Santuri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**37%

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

**13%

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

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

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

**6%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**67%

Use banking services ****2%**

**52%

Television ****5%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Kalikapur?

■ Kalikapur · ■ Santuri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.7%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1208**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1312**

**973

Working population ****32.9%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.1% for men and 40.2% for women. 60% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 7 (9%) · **■** Other work 36 (47%) · **■** Marginal 34 (44%)

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 Santuri

- Barhanti267 people
- Muktipur253 people
- Palash Pahari242 people
- Nuhuchibad239 people
- Damodarpur220 people
- Dhuluri213 people
- Ledasan191 people
- Saoradi185 people

[All 103 villages in Santuri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/santuri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalikapur?234 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalikapur in?Puruliya district (Santuri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalikapur?49.7% (Census 2011)