About Kalikapur Village

Kalikapur is a large village in Haroa tehsil, in the district of North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,378, made up of 2,868 males and 1,510 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 526 females per 1000 males. The village covers 99.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalikapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalikapur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	North Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Haroa
Pincode	743445
Area (hectares)	99.61 hectares
Population	4,378
Male Population	2,868
Female Population	1,510
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	526
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Kalikapur compares

By the 2011 count Kalikapur is the 13th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,382 residents. Its 99.61 hectares work out to about 44 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Kalikapur

Kalikapur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kalikapur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kalikapur from other places

Kalikapur lies about 40 km from North Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Gourdaha Halt, about 15 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Kalikapur
Tehsil headquarters	Haroa	14 km
Nearest railway station	Gourdaha Halt	15 km
Nearest town	Rajpur Sonarpur	19 km
District headquarters	North Twenty Four Parganas	40 km

Villages closest to Kalikapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Haroa tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Kalikapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalikapur village had a population of 4,378. That makes it the 13th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,382 residents.

Kalikapur village has 2,868 males and 1,510 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalikapur has about 526 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Kalikapur is 743445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalikapur covers 99.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 44 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Kalikapur falls under Haroa tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Kalikapur is Gourdaha Halt, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Kalikapur.

Kalikapur is about 40 km from North Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalikapur is in Haroa tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district. Haroa is about 14 km away. Gourdaha Halt is about 15 km away. Rajpur Sonarpur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.