# Kaluakhali Village, Canning - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Canning - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kaluakhali

Kaluakhali is a village in Canning - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,226 people in 451 households**, the 33rd largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 2,226people (2011)
- 451households
- 55.0%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kaluakhali

Of every 100 households in Kaluakhali in 2011, 1 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kaluakhali · ■ Canning - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**22%

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

**57%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**41%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**6%

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

**0%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****5%**

**12%

Television ****0%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****67%**

**47%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Kaluakhali?

■ Kaluakhali · ■ Canning - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.0%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****826**

**961

Working population ****35.5%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.4% for men and 50.5% for women. 51% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 118 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (5%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 18 (2%) · **■** Marginal 612 (77%)

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 - II

- Ghikhali2,677 people
- Jibantala2,355 people
- Sastakhali2,325 people
- Paina2,314 people
- Bamunia2,128 people
- Mukhujya Para1,847 people
- Ganti1,752 people
- Bakultala1,727 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kaluakhali?2,226 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kaluakhali in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Canning - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kaluakhali?55.0% (Census 2011)