Kalarayerkuthi is a village in the

Cooch Behar II Cooch Behar II is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Cooch Behar Sadar subdivision of the Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Khagrabari, one of the constituent p ...

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in the Cooch Behar Sadar subdivision of the

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in the state of

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Geography

Location

Kalarayerkuthi is located at .

Area overview

The map alongside shows the north-central part of the district. It has the highest level of urbanisation in an overwhelming rural district. 22.08% of the population of the Cooch Behar Sadar subdivision lives in the urban areas and 77.92% lives in the rural areas. The entire district forms the flat

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flood plains of mighty rivers. 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.

Civic administration

CD block HQ

The headquarters of the Cooch Behar II CD block are located at Kalarayerkuthi.

Demographics

As per the 2011 Census of India, Kalarayerkuthi had a total population of 20,739. There were 10,812 (52%) males and 9,927 (48%) females. There were 2,444 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Kalarayerkuthi was 14,798 (80.89% of the population over 6 years).

References

{{Cooch Behar District Villages in Cooch Behar district