# Kalinagar Village, Budge Budge - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Budge Budge - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kalinagar

Kalinagar is a village in Budge Budge - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,055 people in 769 households**, the 11th largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 3,055people (2011)
- 769households
- 82.9%literacy
- 989females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalinagar

Of every 100 households in Kalinagar in 2011, 69 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Kalinagar · ■ Budge Budge - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****69%**

**71%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**44%

Tap water ****91%**

**79%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**91%

Use banking services ****56%**

**46%

Television ****42%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kalinagar?

■ Kalinagar · ■ Budge Budge - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.9%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****989**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****897**

**981

Working population ****37.3%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.2% for men and 76.5% for women. 62% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 35 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 56 (5%) · **■** Household industry 13 (1%) · **■** Other work 426 (37%) · **■** Marginal 608 (53%)

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 Budge Budge - II

- Gaja3,924 people
- Bahirkunji3,666 people
- Sahebanumedpur3,658 people
- Banaraypur3,272 people
- Chak Etbari2,932 people
- Chak Manik2,903 people
- Aima2,727 people
- Godakhali2,725 people

[All 61 villages in Budge Budge - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/budge-budge-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalinagar?3,055 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalinagar in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Budge Budge - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalinagar?82.9% (Census 2011)