# Kaliganj, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Kaliganj

Kaliganj is a village in [Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/) sub-district of [Uttar Dinajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **564 people in 127 households**, the 165th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 564people (2011)
- 127households
- 78.0%literacy
- 945females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kaliganj

Of every 100 households in Kaliganj in 2011, 68 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kaliganj · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****68%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****11%**

**16%

Television ****20%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**32%

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 Kaliganj?

■ Kaliganj · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.0%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****945**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1600**

**955

Working population ****42.9%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.9% for men and 71.1% for women. 64% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 45 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 51 (21%) · **■** Other work 69 (29%) · **■** Marginal 77 (32%)

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 Itahar

- Gunarajpur579 people
- Chhilampur572 people
- Taltungi570 people
- Ujantor568 people
- Jagadal560 people
- Laskarpur551 people
- Simuldanga548 people
- Golhat544 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

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## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kaliganj?564 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kaliganj in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kaliganj?78.0% (Census 2011)