Calcutta is a village in the

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Demographics

At the time of the 2010 census, Calcutta had a population of 846. Of these, 59.3% were

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, 25.5% East Indian, 10.4% Creole, 3.7% Mixed, 0.5%

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, 0.1%

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, 0.1%

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, 0.1% Ketchi Maya, 0.1%

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and 0.1%

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. In terms of languages spoken (multiple answers allowed), 80.5% spoke

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, 69.7%

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, 60.6% Creole, 0.3%

, 0.1%

and 0.1% other languages; 0.1% could not speak. Population & Housing Census 201

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History

After the British put down the Indian Rebellion of 1857, Sepoy Mutiny in India, the British Parliament ordered 1000 Indians who had supported the rebellion removed from India and transported to British Honduras. They worked on plantations in Corozal District, and Calcutta was one of the settlements they founded.

References

External links

*http://www.nlsbze.bz/EastIndians.html

Populated places in Corozal District Corozal South East {{belize-geo-stub