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Kalaikunda is a census town in the Kharagpur I CD block in the Kharagpur subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
Location
Kalaikunda is located at Template:Coord.
Area overview
Kharagpur subdivision, shown partly in the map alongside, mostly has alluvial soils, except in two CD blocks in the west – Kharagpur I and Keshiary, which mostly have lateritic soils. Around 74% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once.[1] With a density of population of 787 per km2nearly half of the district’s population resides in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.67% lives in the rural areas.[2]
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Air Force Station
Kalaikunda Air Force Station is an Indian Air Force base. It was built by the British during World War II.
Demographics
As per 2011 Census of India Kalaikunda had a total population of 9,344 of which 5,196 (56%) were males and 4,148 (44%) were females. Population below 6 years was 1,202. The total number of literates in Kalaikunda was 6,973 (74.63% of the population over 6 years).[3]
.* For language details see Kharagpur I#Language and religion
Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Paschim Medinipur, Kalaikunda covered an area of 2.17 km2. Among the civic amenities, the protected water supply involved tap water from treated sources, borewell, tubewell. It had 804 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities, it had 2 dispensaries/ health centres, 1 nursing home, 1 charitable hospital/ nursing home, 15 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 3 primary schools.[4]
Transport
Kalaikunda is a station on the Kharagpur-Tatanagar line of South Eastern Railway.[5]
References
- ↑ District Human Development Report Paschim Medinipur, 2011. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ↑ District Statistical Handbook Paschim Medinipur, 2013. Department of Planning and Statistics. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ↑ 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 13 January 2007.
- ↑ District Census Handbook Paschim Medinipur, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A. Directorate of census Operations V, West Bengal. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- ↑ 58021 Kharagpur-Tatanagar Passenger. indiarailinfo. Retrieved 15 January 2017.