# Kalidaspur Village, Gosaba – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gosaba, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kalidaspur

Kalidaspur is a village in Gosaba sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,724 people in 1,343 households**, the 13th largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 5,724people (2011)
- 1,343households
- 74.9%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalidaspur

Of every 100 households in Kalidaspur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kalidaspur · ■ Gosaba rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****85%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**23%

Tap water ****14%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**94%

Use banking services ****16%**

**35%

Television ****6%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****51%**

**51%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kalidaspur?

■ Kalidaspur · ■ Gosaba rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.9%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****885**

**981

Working population ****46.2%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.4% for men and 67.0% for women. 60% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 437 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 734 (28%) · **■** Household industry 17 (1%) · **■** Other work 184 (7%) · **■** Marginal 1,270 (48%)

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 Gosaba

- Taranagar6,572 people
- Bijoynagar6,507 people
- Chimta6,332 people
- Bally6,234 people
- Amtali5,660 people
- Chandipur5,456 people
- Puinjali5,455 people
- Gosaba5,369 people

[All 51 villages in Gosaba](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/gosaba/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalidaspur?5,724 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalidaspur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Gosaba sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalidaspur?74.9% (Census 2011)