# Kamia Village, Gaighata – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kamia

Kamia is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,103 people in 253 households**, the 85th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 1,103people (2011)
- 253households
- 86.9%literacy
- 1,016females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kamia

Of every 100 households in Kamia in 2011, 72 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kamia · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**59%

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

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**3%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**91%

Use banking services ****16%**

**47%

Television ****37%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****5%**

**17%

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 Kamia?

■ Kamia · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.9%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1016**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1130**

**965

Working population ****33.1%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.2% for men and 82.5% for women. 62% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 62 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 181 (50%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 113 (31%) · **■** Marginal 6 (2%)

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 Gaighata

- Katakhali1,235 people
- Panshila1,170 people
- Kalanchi1,153 people
- Nera Gazipur1,104 people
- Madhusudankati972 people
- Shyampur Shripur972 people
- Bayasa945 people
- Hudasimulpur924 people

[All 100 villages in Gaighata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/gaighata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kamia?1,103 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kamia in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kamia?86.9% (Census 2011)