# Kamikhya Village, Rampurhat - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Rampurhat - I, Birbhum 

# Kamikhya

Kamikhya is a village in Rampurhat - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,733 people in 384 households**, the 40th largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 1,733people (2011)
- 384households
- 78.5%literacy
- 992females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kamikhya

Of every 100 households in Kamikhya in 2011, 59 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kamikhya · ■ Rampurhat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**15%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**87%

Use banking services ****22%**

**43%

Television ****26%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**35%

Own their home ****98%**

**92%

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 Kamikhya?

■ Kamikhya · ■ Rampurhat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.5%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1273**

**945

Working population ****42.3%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.3% for men and 71.5% for women. 60% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 172 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 383 (52%) · **■** Other work 57 (8%) · **■** Marginal 121 (17%)

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 Rampurhat - I

- Kharun1,912 people
- Hastikanda1,796 people
- Gug1,767 people
- Majkhanda1,750 people
- Mahendrapur1,689 people
- Kalikapur1,684 people
- Naishorgram1,603 people
- Bamdebpur1,579 people

[All 119 villages in Rampurhat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/rampurhat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kamikhya?1,733 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kamikhya in?Birbhum district (Rampurhat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kamikhya?78.5% (Census 2011)