Kalikapur Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Kalikapur is a large village located in Baruipur Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 486 families residing. The Kalikapur village has population of 2004 of which 1032 are males while 972 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kalikapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 157 which makes up 7.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kalikapur village is 942 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kalikapur as per census is 725, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kalikapur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kalikapur village was 89.88 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kalikapur Male literacy stands at 95.75 % while female literacy rate was 83.77 %.

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	486	-	-
Population	2,004	1,032	972
Child (0-6)	157	91	66
Schedule Caste	1,486	777	709
Schedule Tribe	13	7	6
Literacy	89.88 %	95.75 %	83.77 %
Total Workers	623	489	134
Main Worker	415	-	-
Marginal Worker	208	165	43

Caste Factor

In Kalikapur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 74.15 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.65 % of total population in Kalikapur village.

Work Profile

In Kalikapur village out of total population, 623 were engaged in work activities. 66.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 623 workers engaged in Main Work, 43 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 39 were Agricultural labourer.