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Kaikala (Kaikala) is a village in Hooghly District in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Kaikala is located at Template:Coord. It has an average elevation of 18 metres (59 ft).
Demographics
Template:As of India census,[1] 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.[2]
Transport
The Howrah-Tarakeswar line was opened in 1885.[3] Kaikala railway station is 10 km far from Tarakeswar railway station.
References
- ↑ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional). Census Commission of India.
- ↑ List of functioning Cold Storage of West Bengal District wise as on 18.01.07. West Bengal State Marketing Board.
- ↑ Chaudhuri, Sukanta, The Railway Comes to Calcutta, in Calcutta, the Living City, Vol. I, edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, p. 239, Oxford University Press, Template:ISBN.
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