# Kamalpur Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kamalpur

Kamalpur is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **623 people in 127 households**, the 144th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 623people (2011)
- 127households
- 63.9%literacy
- 1,043females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kamalpur

Of every 100 households in Kamalpur in 2011, 36 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kamalpur · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**31%

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

**24%

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

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****13%**

**26%

Television ****19%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**33%

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 Kamalpur?

■ Kamalpur · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.9%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1043**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1275**

**954

Working population ****32.9%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.5% for men and 66.3% for women. 58% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 50 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 127 (62%) · **■** Household industry 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 3 (1%) · **■** Marginal 21 (10%)

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 Tapan

- Hazrabari657 people
- Gofanagar654 people
- Gangarampur635 people
- Ganguria631 people
- Daudpur617 people
- Basakbari615 people
- Jashrai609 people
- Baneswarbati608 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kamalpur?623 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kamalpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kamalpur?63.9% (Census 2011)