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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kaikala
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| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
| coordinates = {{coord|22.86725|N|88.09955|E|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]]
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| elevation_m = 18
| population_total = 28178
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 712405
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 91 3212
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| blank1_info_sec1 = 933 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Arambagh]]
| blank3_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
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'''Kaikala''' (''Kaikala'') is a village in [[Hooghly District]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Geography==
Kaikala is located at {{Coord|22.86|N|88.09|E|}}. It has an average elevation of 18 metres (59 ft).

== Demographics ==
{{As of|2011}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Kaikala had a population of 28,178. Males constitute 56% of the population and females 44%. Kaikala has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 66%. In Kaikala, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==Economics==
This is a rich agricultural area with several cold storages.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://wbagrimarketingboard.gov.in/cold%20storage-ok/Cold%20storage11.html | title= List of functioning Cold Storage of West Bengal District wise as on 18.01.07 | publisher= West Bengal State Marketing Board | accessdate= 2009-01-28 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090122084728/http://wbagrimarketingboard.gov.in/cold%20storage-ok/Cold%20storage11.html | archive-date= 22 January 2009 | url-status= dead }}</ref>

==Transport==
The Howrah-Tarakeswar line was opened in 1885.<ref>[[Sukanta Chaudhuri|Chaudhuri, Sukanta]], ''The Railway Comes to Calcutta'', in ''Calcutta, the Living City'', Vol. I, edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, p. 239, Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|978-0-19-563696-3}}.</ref> '''[[Kaikala railway station]]''' is 10 km far from [[Tarakeswar railway station]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Hooghly District}}
{{Major temples in West Bengal}}

[[Category:Villages in Hooghly district]]

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