| Kalaikunda | |
| Settlement Type: | Census Town |
| Pushpin Map: | India West Bengal#India3 |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in West Bengal, India |
| Coordinates: | 22.3424°N 87.2265°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | West Bengal |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Paschim Medinipur |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Total: | 9,344 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages* |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Bengali, Santali, English |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Registration Plate: | WB |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Medinipur |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Kharagpur |
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.
Kalaikunda is located at 22.3424°N 87.2265°W.
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 population density 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% 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.
Kalaikunda Air Force Station is an Indian Air Force base. It was built by the British during World War II. Kalaikunda having two Kendriya Vidhaylaya KV No.1 and KV No. 2. Mostly Air force personnel children go to these schools.
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
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]
Kalaikunda is a station on the Kharagpur-Tatanagar line of South Eastern Railway.[5]