Village · Baruipur, South Twenty Four Parganas
# Kholapota

Kholapota is a village in Baruipur sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,241 people in 233 households, the 85th largest of 122 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.
- 1,241 people (2011)
- 233 households
- 83.6% literacy
- 1,005 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kholapota

Of every 100 households in Kholapota in 2011, 55 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Kholapota · ■ Baruipur rural average
- Electricity for lighting 55% 55%
- Toilet within the home 76% 61%
- No toilet (open defecation) 11% 35%
- Tap water 100% 35%
- Drinking water within premises 14% 14%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 8%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 94% 85%
- Use banking services 29% 39%
- Television 29% 32%
- Mobile phone 33% 43%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 9% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 5% 2%
- None of these assets 16% 29%
- Own their home 100% 94%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Kholapota?

■ Kholapota · ■ Baruipur rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 83.6% 75.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1005 954
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 860 954
- Working population 29.1% 35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.2% for men and 82.1% for women. 51% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 20 (6%) · ■ Farm labourers 7 (2%) · ■ Household industry 2 (1%) · ■ Other work 125 (35%) · ■ Marginal 207 (57%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Baruipur
- Durgapur Gazipur 1,307 people
- Sultanpur 1,283 people
- Mautala 1,277 people
- Biraldham Nagar 1,254 people
- Madhya Kalyanpur 1,235 people
- Tagar Baria 1,219 people
- Mamudpur 1,198 people
- Ramchandrapur 1,167 people

All 126 villages in Baruipur

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Kholapota? 1,241 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kholapota in? South Twenty Four Parganas district (Baruipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kholapota? 83.6% (Census 2011)

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