# Kamargere Village, Chandrakona - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Chandrakona - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kamargere

Kamargere is a village in Chandrakona - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,319 people in 496 households**, the 13th largest of 126 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.9%.

- 2,319people (2011)
- 496households
- 77.5%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kamargere

Of every 100 households in Kamargere in 2011, 30 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kamargere · ■ Chandrakona - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**53%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****59%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**29%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**16%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**93%

Use banking services ****20%**

**32%

Television ****17%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**20%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kamargere?

■ Kamargere · ■ Chandrakona - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.5%**

**78.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1039**

**950

Working population ****36.5%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.1% for men and 69.4% for women. 61% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 249 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 312 (37%) · **■** Household industry 34 (4%) · **■** Other work 57 (7%) · **■** Marginal 194 (23%)

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

- Kuldaha2,651 people
- Purshuri2,550 people
- Jagannathpur2,445 people
- Chandur2,395 people
- Kashanda2,198 people
- Hiradharpur2,046 people
- Beurgram1,984 people
- Tatarpur1,893 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 Kamargere?2,319 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kamargere in?Paschim Medinipur district (Chandrakona - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kamargere?77.5% (Census 2011)