# Kamalpur Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Kamalpur

Kamalpur is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,488 people in 328 households**, the 74th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 1,488people (2011)
- 328households
- 74.4%literacy
- 1,047females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kamalpur

Of every 100 households in Kamalpur in 2011, 44 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kamalpur · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****31%**

**48%

Tap water ****4%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**84%

Use banking services ****36%**

**58%

Television ****29%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.4%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1047**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****912**

**962

Working population ****55.6%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.1% for men and 69.0% for women. 65% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 64 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 48 (6%) · **■** Other work 121 (15%) · **■** Marginal 594 (72%)

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 Dhaniakhali

- Makhalpur1,545 people
- Bahadurpur1,522 people
- Kanajuli1,508 people
- Talbona1,499 people
- Balighari1,480 people
- Bhagabanpur1,473 people
- Jolkul1,466 people
- Durgapur1,441 people

[All 214 villages in Dhaniakhali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/dhaniakhali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kamalpur?1,488 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kamalpur in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kamalpur?74.4% (Census 2011)