# Kalanagin Village, Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Kalanagin

Kalanagin is a village in Islampur sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,265 people in 689 households**, the 31st largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.5%.

- 3,265people (2011)
- 689households
- 60.8%literacy
- 854females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalanagin

Of every 100 households in Kalanagin in 2011, 42 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kalanagin · ■ Islampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****72%**

**62%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****54%**

**20%

Television ****24%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**40%

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 Kalanagin?

■ Kalanagin · ■ Islampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.8%**

**53.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****854**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****804**

**967

Working population ****34.8%**

**30.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.4% for men and 53.0% for women. 50% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 216 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 250 (22%) · **■** Household industry 23 (2%) · **■** Other work 355 (31%) · **■** Marginal 293 (26%)

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 Islampur

- Iluabari3,921 people
- Panditpota3,898 people
- Kuargaon3,853 people
- Kundargaon3,306 people
- Chhatish3,257 people
- Pothia3,108 people
- Benikandar2,901 people
- Bolhanja2,880 people

[All 101 villages in Islampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/islampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalanagin?3,265 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalanagin in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Islampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kalanagin?60.8% (Census 2011)