# Kamra Village, Mayureswar - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mayureswar - I, Birbhum 

# Kamra

Kamra is a village in Mayureswar - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,270 people in 285 households**, the 40th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,270people (2011)
- 285households
- 60.5%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kamra

Of every 100 households in Kamra in 2011, 36 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kamra · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**92%

Use banking services ****54%**

**55%

Television ****26%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****26%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Kamra?

■ Kamra · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.5%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1146**

**975

Working population ****50.9%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.1% for men and 54.4% for women. 66% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 26 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 545 (84%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 42 (7%) · **■** Marginal 26 (4%)

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 Mayureswar - I

- Katigram1,448 people
- Amba1,430 people
- Pathai1,348 people
- Gourbazar1,312 people
- Nandigram1,219 people
- Jamalpur1,199 people
- Bhalian1,169 people
- Majurhati1,152 people

[All 113 villages in Mayureswar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kamra?1,270 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kamra in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kamra?60.5% (Census 2011)