# Kalia Village, Diamond Harbour - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Diamond Harbour - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kalia

Kalia is a village in Diamond Harbour - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,023 people in 231 households**, the 67th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.2%.

- 1,023people (2011)
- 231households
- 78.3%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalia

Of every 100 households in Kalia in 2011, 22 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kalia · ■ Diamond Harbour - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**41%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

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

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**84%

Use banking services ****40%**

**42%

Television ****22%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****25%**

**37%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kalia?

■ Kalia · ■ Diamond Harbour - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.3%**

**77.2%

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

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1094**

**937

Working population ****32.8%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 74.0% for women. 58% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 70 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 32 (10%) · **■** Household industry 12 (4%) · **■** Other work 73 (22%) · **■** Marginal 149 (44%)

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 Diamond Harbour - II

- Goanara1,109 people
- Haldighi1,074 people
- Bangla1,049 people
- Gandabaria1,047 people
- Singhalganja Abad983 people
- Birpara979 people
- Cheora963 people
- Gagankalia937 people

[All 91 villages in Diamond Harbour - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/diamond-harbour-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalia?1,023 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalia in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Diamond Harbour - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalia?78.3% (Census 2011)