# Kalinagar Village, Kakdwip – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kakdwip, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kalinagar

Kalinagar is a village in Kakdwip sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **28,669 people in 5,775 households**, the 2nd largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 28,669people (2011)
- 5,775households
- 66.8%literacy
- 924females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalinagar

Of every 100 households in Kalinagar in 2011, 43 had electricity, 83 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Kalinagar · ■ Kakdwip rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****83%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**39%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**4%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**89%

Use banking services ****33%**

**35%

Television ****27%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****27%**

**34%

Own their home ****81%**

**91%

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 Kalinagar?

■ Kalinagar · ■ Kakdwip rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.8%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****924**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1017**

**976

Working population ****38.5%**

**35.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.2% for men and 60.8% for women. 58% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 500 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 399 (4%) · **■** Household industry 161 (1%) · **■** Other work 7,018 (64%) · **■** Marginal 2,960 (27%)

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 Kakdwip

- Ganespur32,932 people
- Kakdwip19,368 people
- Akshyanagar18,883 people
- Srinagar10,959 people
- Ramchandranagar10,396 people

[All 39 villages in Kakdwip](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/kakdwip/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalinagar?28,669 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalinagar in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Kakdwip sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalinagar?66.8% (Census 2011)