# Chamkara Village, Bankura - I, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Bankura - I, Bankura 

# Chamkara

Chamkara is a village in Bankura - I sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **90 people in 16 households**, the 126th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.7%.

- 90people (2011)
- 16households
- 46.8%literacy
- 837females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chamkara

Of every 100 households in Chamkara in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chamkara · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**25%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**68%

Use banking services ****100%**

**35%

Television ****0%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Chamkara?

■ Chamkara · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.8%**

**68.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****837**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****300**

**961

Working population ****38.9%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.0% for men and 34.2% for women. 53% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**

**■** Marginal 35 (100%)

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 Bankura - I

- Supurdihi146 people
- Siarbada132 people
- Kamlagara116 people
- Kasiadoba111 people
- Sagunsara83 people
- Chikchika64 people
- Harumalliker Bankata57 people
- Chalia Barkra51 people

[All 150 villages in Bankura - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/bankura-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chamkara?90 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chamkara in?Bankura district (Bankura - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chamkara?46.8% (Census 2011)