# Bara Kamet Village, Maynaguri, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Maynaguri, Jalpaiguri 

# Bara Kamet

Bara Kamet is a village in Maynaguri sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,009 people in 956 households**, the 27th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 4,009people (2011)
- 956households
- 72.5%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara Kamet

Of every 100 households in Bara Kamet in 2011, 41 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bara Kamet · ■ Maynaguri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**67%

Tap water ****4%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****74%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**92%

Use banking services ****19%**

**22%

Television ****15%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

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

**31%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Bara Kamet?

■ Bara Kamet · ■ Maynaguri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.5%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****955**

**940

Working population ****42.8%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.7% for men and 66.2% for women. 60% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 435 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 432 (25%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 430 (25%) · **■** Marginal 416 (24%)

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 Maynaguri

- Bhatpatti4,250 people
- Basilardanga4,248 people
- Chura Bhandar4,064 people
- Dwarikamari4,018 people
- Purbba Baragila3,937 people
- Uttar Bhuskadanga3,920 people
- Purbba Dehar3,906 people
- Uttar Dangapara3,832 people

[All 85 villages in Maynaguri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/maynaguri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bara Kamet?4,009 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara Kamet in?Jalpaiguri district (Maynaguri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bara Kamet?72.5% (Census 2011)