# Kamalpur Village, Saraikela, Saraikela-Kharsawan (Jharkhand)

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Village · Saraikela, Saraikela-Kharsawan 

# Kamalpur

Kamalpur is a village in Saraikela sub-district of Saraikela-Kharsawan district, Jharkhand, PIN code **833220**. The 2011 Census counted **2,651 people in 497 households**, the 1st largest of 168 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 2,651people (2011)
- 497households
- 50.3%literacy
- 833220PIN code

## Kamalpur PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kamalpur is 833220.** Kamalpur falls in Saraikela sub-district, Saraikela-Kharsawan district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code833220
- Gram panchayatKamalpur
- Community development blockSaraikela
- Census village code379345

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

## How far is Kamalpur from nearby towns?

- Seraikela (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Seraikela (district HQ)8 km by road
- Seraikela (nearest town)8 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 Kamalpur?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Kamalpur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Sini
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Saraikela
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kharsawana
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 6 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 Kamalpur known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 28% of the 243 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Kamalpur

Of every 100 households in Kamalpur in 2011, 72 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kamalpur · ■ Saraikela rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**75%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**93%

Tap water ****14%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****57%**

**88%

Use banking services ****29%**

**57%

Television ****12%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****35%**

**16%

Own their home ****87%**

**98%

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 Kamalpur?

■ Kamalpur · ■ Saraikela rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.3%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****922**

**963

Working population ****32.6%**

**41.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.7% for men and 41.6% for women. 47% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 45 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 55 (6%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 244 (28%) · **■** Marginal 516 (60%)

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 Saraikela

- Itakudar1,597 people
- Gobindpur1,436 people
- Murup1,242 people
- Murkum1,234 people

[All 173 villages in Saraikela](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/saraikela-kharsawan/saraikela/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kamalpur?833220
- How far is Kamalpur from Seraikela?8 km by road
- What is the population of Kamalpur?2,651 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kamalpur in?Saraikela-Kharsawan district (Saraikela sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Kamalpur?50.3% (Census 2011)
