# Kamarhati Village, Mayureswar - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mayureswar - II, Birbhum 

# Kamarhati

Kamarhati is a village in Mayureswar - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,096 people in 552 households**, the 12th largest of 125 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 2,096people (2011)
- 552households
- 75.9%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kamarhati

Of every 100 households in Kamarhati in 2011, 33 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kamarhati · ■ Mayureswar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**81%

Tap water ****44%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**90%

Use banking services ****18%**

**23%

Television ****16%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****54%**

**41%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kamarhati?

■ Kamarhati · ■ Mayureswar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.9%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****773**

**963

Working population ****47.9%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 68.4% for women. 65% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 209 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 329 (33%) · **■** Household industry 20 (2%) · **■** Other work 116 (12%) · **■** Marginal 331 (33%)

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 - II

- Ulkunda2,704 people
- Prajapara2,472 people
- Kushtor2,459 people
- Bara Akulpur2,224 people
- Birnagar1,931 people
- Beja1,882 people
- Chaulja1,729 people
- Chhamna1,727 people

[All 131 villages in Mayureswar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kamarhati?2,096 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kamarhati in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kamarhati?75.9% (Census 2011)