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Kalpara Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Kalpara is a medium size village located in Barabazar Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 243 families residing. The Kalpara village has population of 1445 of which 739 are males while 706 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kalpara village population of children with age 0-6 is 206 which makes up 14.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kalpara village is 955 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kalpara as per census is 856, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kalpara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kalpara village was 63.68 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kalpara Male literacy stands at 81.37 % while female literacy rate was 45.50 %.

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

Kalpara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 243 - -
Population 1,445 739 706
Child (0-6) 206 111 95
Schedule Caste 255 137 118
Schedule Tribe 519 258 261
Literacy 63.68 % 81.37 % 45.50 %
Total Workers 870 442 428
Main Worker 369 - -
Marginal Worker 501 144 357

Caste Factor

In Kalpara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 35.92 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 17.65 % of total population in Kalpara village.

Work Profile

In Kalpara village out of total population, 870 were engaged in work activities. 42.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 870 workers engaged in Main Work, 182 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 134 were Agricultural labourer.