# Dakshin Kalikatala Village, Canning - I – Population

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Village · Canning - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dakshin Kalikatala

Dakshin Kalikatala is a village in Canning - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,442 people in 279 households**, the 45th largest of 53 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.7%.

- 1,442people (2011)
- 279households
- 70.3%literacy
- 986females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Kalikatala

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Kalikatala in 2011, 34 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Dakshin Kalikatala · ■ Canning - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****29%**

**20%

Television ****6%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**2%

None of these assets ****48%**

**38%

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 Dakshin Kalikatala?

■ Dakshin Kalikatala · ■ Canning - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.3%**

**65.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****986**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1077**

**950

Working population ****29.5%**

**34.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.7% for men and 64.7% for women. 47% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 46 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 259 (61%) · **■** Household industry 26 (6%) · **■** Other work 49 (12%) · **■** Marginal 46 (11%)

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 Canning - I

- Mara Haldi1,716 people
- Poramura1,656 people
- Ramamari1,592 people
- Garkhali1,502 people
- Karkhanar Chak1,416 people
- Tengra Khali1,221 people
- Halapara1,174 people
- Basur Chak944 people

[All 53 villages in Canning - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/canning-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Kalikatala?1,442 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Kalikatala in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Canning - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Kalikatala?70.3% (Census 2011)