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Kalinja Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Kalinja is a medium size village located in Gopiballavpur - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 384 families residing. The Kalinja village has population of 1802 of which 940 are males while 862 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kalinja village population of children with age 0-6 is 178 which makes up 9.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kalinja village is 917 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kalinja as per census is 1094, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kalinja village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kalinja village was 78.94 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kalinja Male literacy stands at 82.57 % while female literacy rate was 74.90 %.

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

Kalinja Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 384 - -
Population 1,802 940 862
Child (0-6) 178 85 93
Schedule Caste 299 160 139
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.94 % 82.57 % 74.90 %
Total Workers 551 511 40
Main Worker 395 - -
Marginal Worker 156 136 20

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.59 % of total population in Kalinja village. The village Kalinja currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kalinja village out of total population, 551 were engaged in work activities. 71.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 551 workers engaged in Main Work, 274 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 61 were Agricultural labourer.