# Khamar Nowabad Village, Barasat - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Barasat - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Khamar Nowabad

Khamar Nowabad is a village in Barasat - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,600 people in 746 households**, the 14th largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.1%.

- 3,600people (2011)
- 746households
- 79.6%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khamar Nowabad

Of every 100 households in Khamar Nowabad in 2011, 34 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Khamar Nowabad · ■ Barasat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**80%

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

**16%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****66%**

**51%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**91%

Use banking services ****34%**

**40%

Television ****8%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****30%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Khamar Nowabad?

■ Khamar Nowabad · ■ Barasat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.6%**

**78.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****905**

**952

Working population ****42.8%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.2% for men and 71.4% for women. 59% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 47 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 419 (27%) · **■** Household industry 22 (1%) · **■** Other work 497 (32%) · **■** Marginal 557 (36%)

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 Barasat - II

- Jojra4,052 people
- Krishnamati3,910 people
- Tegharia3,833 people
- Malrameswarpur3,711 people
- Gobindapur3,416 people
- Baidyapur3,409 people
- Sondalia3,408 people
- Khamar Rameshwarpur3,363 people

[All 77 villages in Barasat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/barasat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khamar Nowabad?3,600 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khamar Nowabad in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Barasat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khamar Nowabad?79.6% (Census 2011)