# Kamalhir Village, Saltora, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Saltora, Bankura 

# Kamalhir

Kamalhir is a village in Saltora sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,459 people in 287 households**, the 28th largest of 145 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 61.5%.

- 1,459people (2011)
- 287households
- 60.0%literacy
- 883females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kamalhir

Of every 100 households in Kamalhir in 2011, 29 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kamalhir · ■ Saltora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**7%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****16%**

**66%

Use banking services ****29%**

**45%

Television ****11%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**36%

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 Kamalhir?

■ Kamalhir · ■ Saltora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.0%**

**61.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****883**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****881**

**939

Working population ****31.4%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.7% for men and 41.0% for women. 51% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 73 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 129 (28%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 38 (8%) · **■** Marginal 217 (47%)

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 Saltora

- Rautara1,551 people
- Tentularakh1,474 people
- Dhekia1,473 people
- Kastara1,461 people
- Nimra1,445 people
- Kultuka1,410 people
- Belebad1,398 people
- Kalakundi1,372 people

[All 157 villages in Saltora](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/saltora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kamalhir?1,459 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kamalhir in?Bankura district (Saltora sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kamalhir?60.0% (Census 2011)