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Kalinga Population - Nadia, West Bengal

Kalinga is a medium size village located in Chapra Block of Nadia district, West Bengal with total 212 families residing. The Kalinga village has population of 892 of which 462 are males while 430 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kalinga village population of children with age 0-6 is 116 which makes up 13.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kalinga village is 931 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kalinga as per census is 731, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kalinga village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kalinga village was 70.75 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kalinga Male literacy stands at 75.70 % while female literacy rate was 65.62 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kalinga village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Kalinga village.

Kalinga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 212 - -
Population 892 462 430
Child (0-6) 116 67 49
Schedule Caste 82 41 41
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.75 % 75.70 % 65.62 %
Total Workers 260 250 10
Main Worker 244 - -
Marginal Worker 16 12 4

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.19 % of total population in Kalinga village. The village Kalinga currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kalinga village out of total population, 260 were engaged in work activities. 93.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 260 workers engaged in Main Work, 132 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 90 were Agricultural labourer.