# Gamaria Village, Chandrakona - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Chandrakona - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Gamaria

Gamaria is a village in Chandrakona - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **409 people in 83 households**, the 101st largest of 126 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.9%.

- 409people (2011)
- 83households
- 88.6%literacy
- 859females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gamaria

Of every 100 households in Gamaria in 2011, 44 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Gamaria · ■ Chandrakona - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**53%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**66%

Tap water ****5%**

**29%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**16%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****5%**

**32%

Television ****24%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**20%

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 Gamaria?

■ Gamaria · ■ Chandrakona - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.6%**

**78.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****859**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1158**

**950

Working population ****32.3%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.0% for men and 77.2% for women. 52% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 60 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (2%) · **■** Household industry 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 8 (6%) · **■** Marginal 59 (45%)

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 Chandrakona - I

- Kashiganja435 people
- Dwarkhola429 people
- Nonadanga420 people
- Amdhere416 people
- Mathurapur402 people
- Nishan Chak398 people
- Phulchak390 people
- Bakcha378 people

[All 132 villages in Chandrakona - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/chandrakona-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gamaria?409 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gamaria in?Paschim Medinipur district (Chandrakona - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gamaria?88.6% (Census 2011)