# Kalsa Village, Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas (West Bengal)

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Village · Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kalsa

Kalsa is a village in Falta sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,959 people in 427 households**, the 47th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 1,959people (2011)
- 427households
- 65.3%literacy
- 981females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalsa

Of every 100 households in Kalsa in 2011, 70 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kalsa · ■ Falta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**91%

Use banking services ****13%**

**37%

Television ****19%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****63%**

**37%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Kalsa?

■ Kalsa · ■ Falta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.3%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****953**

**965

Working population ****39.5%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.4% for men and 59.2% for women. 61% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 28 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 88 (11%) · **■** Household industry 84 (11%) · **■** Other work 415 (54%) · **■** Marginal 159 (21%)

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 Falta

- Paikan2,007 people
- Padmapur1,971 people
- Satal1,971 people
- Bhagabanpur1,968 people
- Narayani1,933 people
- Purba Daulatpur1,924 people
- Ausbaria1,756 people
- Baichbere1,715 people

[All 129 villages in Falta](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/falta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalsa?1,959 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalsa in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Falta sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalsa?65.3% (Census 2011)