# Kamalpur Village, Murarai - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Murarai - II, Birbhum 

# Kamalpur

Kamalpur is a village in Murarai - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,952 people in 476 households**, the 42nd largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.0%.

- 1,952people (2011)
- 476households
- 55.4%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kamalpur

Of every 100 households in Kamalpur in 2011, 12 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kamalpur · ■ Murarai - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**9%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****33%**

**25%

Television ****8%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**17%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****56%**

**58%

Own their home ****98%**

**93%

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 · ■ Murarai - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.4%**

**58.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1007**

**964

Working population ****42.1%**

**35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.1% for men and 48.5% for women. 59% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 83 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 309 (38%) · **■** Household industry 35 (4%) · **■** Other work 53 (6%) · **■** Marginal 342 (42%)

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 Murarai - II

- Kendishta2,294 people
- Gaganpur2,033 people
- Bhadishta2,032 people
- Fazilpur1,955 people
- Mallikpur1,858 people
- Chauti1,682 people
- Tirgram1,630 people
- Panchahar1,578 people

[All 71 villages in Murarai - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/murarai-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kamalpur?1,952 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kamalpur in?Birbhum district (Murarai - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kamalpur?55.4% (Census 2011)