# Kamta Village, Hilsa, Nalanda (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Hilsa, Nalanda 

# Kamta

Kamta is a village in Hilsa sub-district of Nalanda district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **4,488 people in 837 households**, the 10th largest of 57 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.2%.

- 4,488people (2011)
- 837households
- 70.5%literacy
- 914females per 1,000 males

## Kamta PIN code and other codes

Kamta falls in Hilsa sub-district, Nalanda district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatKamata
- Community development blockHilsa
- Census village code244754

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Kamta from nearby towns?

- Hilsa (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Biharsharif (district HQ)28 km by road
- Hilsa (nearest town)3 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Kamta?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Kamta; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt · 5 private
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Hilsa
- ○Degree college10+ km · Hilsa
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hilsa
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)2 h summer · 7 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kamta known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 86% of the 506 hectares of village land is sown, and 326 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Kamta

Of every 100 households in Kamta in 2011, 2 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kamta · ■ Hilsa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**2%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**83%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**96%

Use banking services ****52%**

**42%

Television ****12%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**40%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kamta?

■ Kamta · ■ Hilsa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.5%**

**63.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**920

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****862**

**902

Working population ****36.8%**

**41.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 58.6% for women. 46% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 223 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 648 (39%) · **■** Household industry 20 (1%) · **■** Other work 187 (11%) · **■** Marginal 574 (35%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Hilsa

- Akbarpur5,305 people
- Renri5,144 people
- Korawan4,803 people
- Ghosi4,707 people
- Bara4,377 people
- Bamhan Barui4,143 people
- Jogipur Malawan4,055 people
- Lohra4,004 people

[All 57 villages in Hilsa](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nalanda/hilsa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kamta from Biharsharif?28 km by road
- What is the population of Kamta?4,488 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kamta in?Nalanda district (Hilsa sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kamta?70.5% (Census 2011)