# Kalua Village, Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Kalua

Kalua is a village in Hemtabad sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,887 people in 413 households**, the 23rd largest of 114 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 1,887people (2011)
- 413households
- 69.6%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalua

Of every 100 households in Kalua in 2011, 40 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kalua · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**67%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****68%**

**94%

Use banking services ****5%**

**16%

Television ****8%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kalua?

■ Kalua · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.6%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1049**

**955

Working population ****61.6%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.7% for men and 60.2% for women. 67% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 235 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 240 (21%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 63 (5%) · **■** Marginal 616 (53%)

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 Hemtabad

- Balaigaon2,173 people
- Bamair1,983 people
- Dudhanda1,983 people
- Bhogram1,979 people
- Surangapur1,887 people
- Arazi Kasimpur1,872 people
- Bhatsia1,859 people
- Bahala1,787 people

[All 116 villages in Hemtabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/hemtabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalua?1,887 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalua in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Hemtabad sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalua?69.6% (Census 2011)