# Khamar Village, Rajarhat – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Rajarhat, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Khamar

Khamar is a village in Rajarhat sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **827 people in 220 households**, the 29th largest of 30 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.9%.

- 827people (2011)
- 220households
- 83.9%literacy
- 884females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khamar

Of every 100 households in Khamar in 2011, 86 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 49 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Khamar · ■ Rajarhat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**81%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**11%

Tap water ****1%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****49%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****41%**

**68%

Use banking services ****59%**

**58%

Television ****55%**

**54%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**4%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**19%

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

**6%

None of these assets ****18%**

**8%

Own their home ****79%**

**92%

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?

■ Khamar · ■ Rajarhat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.9%**

**81.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****884**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****821**

**915

Working population ****39.3%**

**31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.8% for men and 79.5% for women. 67% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 319 (98%) · **■** Marginal 5 (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 Rajarhat

- Kalikapur1,666 people
- Jhalgachhi1,641 people
- Bagu1,435 people
- Arbelia964 people
- Umarhati779 people

[All 31 villages in Rajarhat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/rajarhat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khamar?827 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khamar in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Rajarhat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khamar?83.9% (Census 2011)