# Kumbhira Village, Kaliachak - III, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliachak - III, Maldah 

# Kumbhira

Kumbhira is a village in Kaliachak - III sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,954 people in 877 households**, the 20th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.7%.

- 4,954people (2011)
- 877households
- 62.6%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kumbhira

Of every 100 households in Kumbhira in 2011, 35 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kumbhira · ■ Kaliachak - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**79%

Tap water ****15%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**48%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**90%

Use banking services ****40%**

**22%

Television ****6%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**43%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kumbhira?

■ Kumbhira · ■ Kaliachak - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.6%**

**53.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****945**

**967

Working population ****48.1%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.0% for men and 56.9% for women. 53% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 382 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 344 (14%) · **■** Household industry 368 (15%) · **■** Other work 419 (18%) · **■** Marginal 872 (37%)

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 Kaliachak - III

- Jayenpur7,538 people
- Chak Bahadurpur6,628 people
- Nandalalpur6,441 people
- Dariapur6,249 people
- Gopalpur4,794 people
- Kalinagar4,567 people
- Mahabbatpur4,149 people
- Shashani3,602 people

[All 73 villages in Kaliachak - III](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/kaliachak-iii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kumbhira?4,954 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kumbhira in?Maldah district (Kaliachak - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kumbhira?62.6% (Census 2011)