# Purbba Kamalpur Village, Ratua - I, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Ratua - I, Maldah 

# Purbba Kamalpur

Purbba Kamalpur is a village in Ratua - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **972 people in 239 households**, the 69th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 40.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.1%.

- 972people (2011)
- 239households
- 40.7%literacy
- 898females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purbba Kamalpur

Of every 100 households in Purbba Kamalpur in 2011, 8 had electricity, 52 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purbba Kamalpur · ■ Ratua - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****52%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****47%**

**73%

Tap water ****4%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**2%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****48%**

**24%

Television ****13%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****69%**

**38%

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 Purbba Kamalpur?

■ Purbba Kamalpur · ■ Ratua - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****40.7%**

**60.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****898**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****818**

**959

Working population ****36.7%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 43.8% for men and 37.3% for women. 55% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 80 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (3%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 5 (1%) · **■** Marginal 259 (73%)

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 Ratua - I

- Surjapur1,082 people
- Naokaram1,041 people
- Gopalpur1,019 people
- Paschim Ratanpur988 people
- Terashia Debipur949 people
- Mohanpur892 people
- Balarampur848 people
- Mahadebpur847 people

[All 101 villages in Ratua - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/ratua-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purbba Kamalpur?972 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purbba Kamalpur in?Maldah district (Ratua - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purbba Kamalpur?40.7% (Census 2011)