# Kalikapur Village, Jaynagar - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Jaynagar - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kalikapur

Kalikapur is a village in Jaynagar - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,491 people in 470 households**, the 27th largest of 47 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 2,491people (2011)
- 470households
- 51.5%literacy
- 1,038females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalikapur

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

■ Kalikapur · ■ Jaynagar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****7%**

**19%

Television ****0%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****79%**

**49%

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 Kalikapur?

■ Kalikapur · ■ Jaynagar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.5%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1038**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1076**

**978

Working population ****42.4%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.1% for men and 47.1% for women. 50% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 50 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 117 (11%) · **■** Household industry 35 (3%) · **■** Other work 154 (15%) · **■** Marginal 700 (66%)

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 Jaynagar - II

- Mayda2,736 people
- Baidya Chak2,699 people
- Phutigoda2,654 people
- Khania Sahazadapur2,539 people
- Killa Durganagar2,390 people
- Sahajadapur2,383 people
- Serhangampur2,281 people
- Mahishghat2,127 people

[All 47 villages in Jaynagar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/jaynagar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalikapur?2,491 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalikapur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Jaynagar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalikapur?51.5% (Census 2011)