Kalikapur Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Kalikapur is a medium size village located in Jaipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 59 families residing. The Kalikapur village has population of 354 of which 173 are males while 181 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kalikapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 59 which makes up 16.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kalikapur village is 1046 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kalikapur as per census is 1269, 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 75.25 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kalikapur Male literacy stands at 83.67 % while female literacy rate was 66.89 %.

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	59	-	-
Population	354	173	181
Child (0-6)	59	26	33
Schedule Caste	154	75	79
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	75.25 %	83.67 %	66.89 %
Total Workers	121	104	17
Main Worker	7	-	-
Marginal Worker	114	98	16

Caste Factor

In Kalikapur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 43.50 % 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, 121 were engaged in work activities. 5.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 94.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 121 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.