# Kamarda Village, Contai - III, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Kamarda

Kamarda is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,225 people in 298 households**, the 35th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 1,225people (2011)
- 298households
- 90.9%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kamarda

Of every 100 households in Kamarda in 2011, 29 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kamarda · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**40%

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

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**4%

Tap water ****1%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****52%**

**42%

Television ****7%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**94%

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 Kamarda?

■ Kamarda · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.9%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****952**

**948

Working population ****40.2%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.1% for men and 85.6% for women. 57% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 48 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (5%) · **■** Household industry 104 (21%) · **■** Other work 195 (40%) · **■** Marginal 122 (25%)

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 Contai - III

- Uttar Rania1,308 people
- Jamuashankarpur1,306 people
- Mashagan1,266 people
- Bamunia Jangal1,248 people
- Jashabisha1,158 people
- Dakshinpithulia1,144 people
- Hatira1,133 people
- Karalda Nahera Bar1,130 people

[All 166 villages in Contai - III](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-iii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kamarda?1,225 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kamarda in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kamarda?90.9% (Census 2011)