# Hamkura Village, Bagda – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Bagda, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Hamkura

Hamkura is a village in Bagda sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,602 people in 602 households**, the 33rd largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 2,602people (2011)
- 602households
- 70.8%literacy
- 998females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hamkura

Of every 100 households in Hamkura in 2011, 11 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Hamkura · ■ Bagda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**91%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**7%

Tap water ****1%**

**10%

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

**63%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****35%**

**41%

Television ****7%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****26%**

**21%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Hamkura?

■ Hamkura · ■ Bagda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.8%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****998**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****988**

**970

Working population ****38.1%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.7% for men and 64.9% for women. 63% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 217 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 454 (46%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 119 (12%) · **■** Marginal 192 (19%)

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 Bagda

- Kumarkhola2,861 people
- Kaniara2,790 people
- Ranghat2,745 people
- Par Krishnachandrapur2,682 people
- Santosha2,585 people
- Thoara2,512 people
- Dhalani2,498 people
- Malidah2,472 people

[All 108 villages in Bagda](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bagda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hamkura?2,602 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hamkura in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bagda sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hamkura?70.8% (Census 2011)