Kaikala is a village in Hooghly District in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography Kaikala is located at . It has an average elevation of 18 metres (59 ft).

Demographics India census, 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.

Transport The Howrah-Tarakeswar line was opened in 1885.Chaudhuri, Sukanta, The Railway Comes to Calcutta, in Calcutta, the Living City, Vol. I, edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, p. 239, Oxford University Press, . Kaikala railway station is from Tarakeswar railway station.

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