Village · Canning - II, South Twenty Four Parganas
# Kalikatala

Kalikatala is a village in Canning - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 17,598 people in 3,522 households, the 1st largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.
- 17,598 people (2011)
- 3,522 households
- 68.6% literacy
- 993 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalikatala

Of every 100 households in Kalikatala in 2011, 11 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kalikatala · ■ Canning - II rural average
- Electricity for lighting 11% 22%
- Toilet within the home 82% 57%
- No toilet (open defecation) 17% 41%
- Tap water 0% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 4% 6%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 0%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 96% 92%
- Use banking services 8% 12%
- Television 4% 8%
- Mobile phone 24% 31%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 2% 2%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 57% 47%
- Own their home 93% 96%

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

## What is the population of Kalikatala?

■ Kalikatala · ■ Canning - II rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 68.6% 66.8%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 993 965
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 986 961
- Working population 33.9% 33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.2% for men and 63.0% for women. 53% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 504 (8%) · ■ Farm labourers 1,590 (27%) · ■ Household industry 31 (1%) · ■ Other work 487 (8%) · ■ Marginal 3,362 (56%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Canning - II
- Jogendra Nagar 15,112 people
- Mather Dighi 13,524 people
- Athara Beki 13,503 people
- Saranger Abad 12,299 people

All 61 villages in Canning - II

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Kalikatala? 17,598 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalikatala in? South Twenty Four Parganas district (Canning - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalikatala? 68.6% (Census 2011)

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