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Kalikapur Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Kalikapur is a large village located in Jaynagar - II Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 470 families residing. The Kalikapur village has population of 2491 of which 1222 are males while 1269 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kalikapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 519 which makes up 20.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kalikapur village is 1038 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kalikapur as per census is 1076, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kalikapur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kalikapur village was 51.52 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kalikapur Male literacy stands at 56.07 % while female literacy rate was 47.10 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kalikapur 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 Kalikapur village.

Kalikapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 470 - -
Population 2,491 1,222 1,269
Child (0-6) 519 250 269
Schedule Caste 12 6 6
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 51.52 % 56.07 % 47.10 %
Total Workers 1,056 607 449
Main Worker 356 - -
Marginal Worker 700 291 409

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.48 % of total population in Kalikapur village. The village Kalikapur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kalikapur village out of total population, 1056 were engaged in work activities. 33.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 66.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1056 workers engaged in Main Work, 50 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 117 were Agricultural labourer.