# Gamarkunda Village, Rajnagar, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Rajnagar, Birbhum 

# Gamarkunda

Gamarkunda is a village in Rajnagar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **459 people in 102 households**, the 56th largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.1%.

- 459people (2011)
- 102households
- 61.4%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gamarkunda

Of every 100 households in Gamarkunda in 2011, 8 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gamarkunda · ■ Rajnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**80%

Use banking services ****4%**

**34%

Television ****4%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****41%**

**23%

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 Gamarkunda?

■ Gamarkunda · ■ Rajnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.4%**

**67.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****528**

**952

Working population ****37.5%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.6% for men and 48.3% for women. 57% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 23 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 139 (81%) · **■** Other work 7 (4%) · **■** Marginal 3 (2%)

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 Rajnagar

- Tarasol527 people
- Mursabani492 people
- Tentulia Bandh473 people
- Ranipur470 people
- Kathgharia413 people
- Ruhida399 people
- Kabilashpur383 people
- Jamira375 people

[All 98 villages in Rajnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/rajnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gamarkunda?459 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gamarkunda in?Birbhum district (Rajnagar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gamarkunda?61.4% (Census 2011)