# Kamalpukur Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kamalpukur

Kamalpukur is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **116 people in 33 households**, the 277th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 116people (2011)
- 33households
- 62.0%literacy
- 1,189females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kamalpukur

Of every 100 households in Kamalpukur in 2011, 27 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kamalpukur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****61%**

**41%

Television ****36%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Kamalpukur?

■ Kamalpukur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.0%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1189**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****3000**

**965

Working population ****56.0%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.6% for men and 54.4% for women. 66% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 18 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 26 (40%) · **■** Other work 1 (2%) · **■** Marginal 20 (31%)

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 Balurghat

- Mohanpur133 people
- Masakpur129 people
- Badmulukkismat125 people
- Laksminarayanpur123 people
- Chand Pukhuria115 people
- Malakarpara113 people
- Chak Binod101 people
- Kashipukur98 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kamalpukur?116 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kamalpukur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kamalpukur?62.0% (Census 2011)