# Kamarghat Village, Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kamarghat

Kamarghat is a village in Hilli sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **291 people in 71 households**, the 69th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.0%.

- 291people (2011)
- 71households
- 77.7%literacy
- 914females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kamarghat

Of every 100 households in Kamarghat in 2011, 26 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 14 a car.

■ Kamarghat · ■ Hilli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**38%

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

**60%

Tap water ****1%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**54%

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

**5%

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

**86%

Use banking services ****26%**

**36%

Television ****15%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****14%**

**2%

None of these assets ****26%**

**32%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Kamarghat?

■ Kamarghat · ■ Hilli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.7%**

**76.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**966

Working population ****51.9%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.2% for men and 70.6% for women. 59% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 39 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 34 (23%) · **■** Household industry 51 (34%) · **■** Other work 22 (15%) · **■** Marginal 5 (3%)

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 Hilli

- Baddungi437 people
- Srikrishnapur434 people
- Purbba Krishnapur432 people
- Purbba Gobindapur294 people
- Sarenbari246 people
- Bilaspara230 people
- Rupbati183 people
- Chak Maniko162 people

[All 82 villages in Hilli](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/hilli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kamarghat?291 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kamarghat in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Hilli sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kamarghat?77.7% (Census 2011)