# Khamarkalla Village, Bongaon – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Khamarkalla

Khamarkalla is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **12,645 people in 2,915 households**, the 1st largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 12,645people (2011)
- 2,915households
- 88.2%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khamarkalla

Of every 100 households in Khamarkalla in 2011, 71 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 23 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Khamarkalla · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****71%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****9%**

**19%

Tap water ****17%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****23%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****72%**

**92%

Use banking services ****64%**

**38%

Television ****50%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****13%**

**22%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Khamarkalla?

■ Khamarkalla · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.2%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****903**

**962

Working population ****36.2%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.4% for men and 84.8% for women. 59% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 579 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 512 (11%) · **■** Household industry 299 (7%) · **■** Other work 2,769 (61%) · **■** Marginal 414 (9%)

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

- Chhaygharia10,891 people
- Kalupur10,413 people
- Purana Bangaon8,265 people
- Chauberia8,039 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 Khamarkalla?12,645 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khamarkalla in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khamarkalla?88.2% (Census 2011)