# Kamalapur Village, Bongaon – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kamalapur

Kamalapur is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,102 people in 532 households**, the 69th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 2,102people (2011)
- 532households
- 76.7%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kamalapur

Of every 100 households in Kamalapur in 2011, 14 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kamalapur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**92%

Use banking services ****21%**

**38%

Television ****9%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****56%**

**22%

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 Kamalapur?

■ Kamalapur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.7%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****846**

**962

Working population ****38.1%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.8% for men and 71.0% for women. 61% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 69 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 493 (62%) · **■** Household industry 30 (4%) · **■** Other work 78 (10%) · **■** Marginal 130 (16%)

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 Bongaon

- Chamta2,267 people
- Damdama2,264 people
- Harishpur2,183 people
- Gopalnagar2,174 people
- Panpara2,087 people
- Pirozpur1,992 people
- Shutia1,909 people
- Balianpur1,878 people

[All 150 villages in Bongaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bongaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kamalapur?2,102 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kamalapur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kamalapur?76.7% (Census 2011)