| Kalikapota | |
| Settlement Type: | Census Town |
| Pushpin Map: | India West Bengal#India |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in West Bengal##Location in India |
| Coordinates: | 22.2285°N 88.3362°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | West Bengal |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | South 24 Parganas |
| Subdivision Type3: | CD block |
| Subdivision Name3: | Magrahat I |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.57 |
| Elevation M: | 8 |
| Population Total: | 13086 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Bengali[1] [2] |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Additional official |
| Demographics1 Info2: | English |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 743355 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | +91 3174 |
| Registration Plate: | WB-19 to WB-22, WB-95 to WB-99 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Mathurapur (SC) |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Magrahat Paschim |
Kalikapota is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Usthi police station in the Magrahat I CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Diamond Harbour subdivision is a rural subdivision with patches of urbanization. Only 14.61% of the population lives in the urban areas and an overwhelming 85.39% lives in the rural areas. In the eastern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 24 census towns. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the eastern part of the district is a flat plain area dotted with small towns. Location of places in the larger map varies a little. It is an OpenStreetMap, while we are using coordinates as in Google Maps.[3] [4] [5]
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.
Kalikapota is located at 22.2285°N 88.3362°W
Usthi, Ghola Noapara, Barijpur and Uttar Kusum form a cluster of census towns in the Magrahat I CD block. Uttar Bishnupur, Kalikapota and Bamna are a little away from this cluster. This is as per map of the Magrahat I CD block on page 445 in the District Census Handbook for the South 24 Parganas.[6]
According to the 2011 Census of India, Kalikapota had a total population of 13,086 of which 6,736 (51%) were males and 6,350 (49%) were females. There were 2,145 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate people in Kalikapota was 8,455 (77.28% of the population over 6 years).[7]
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Kalikapota covered an area of 3.5693 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 966 domestic electric connections. Among the educational facilities it had were 4 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 senior secondary school.[8]
Kalikpota is off the Sangrampur Station Road – Sangrampur-Samashat Road.[9]
Sangrampur railway station is located nearby.[10]
Saptagram High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1947. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII.[11]
Saptagram Darul Ulum Senior Madrasah, a coeducational institution, was recognised in 1949 and upgraded in 2009. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class X.[12]
Baneswarpur Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, at Baneswarpur is the major government medical facility in the Magrahat I CD block.[13]