# Kamalpur Village, Egra - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Kamalpur

Kamalpur is a village in Egra - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,463 people in 524 households**, the 20th largest of 115 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 2,463people (2011)
- 524households
- 78.7%literacy
- 893females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kamalpur

Of every 100 households in Kamalpur in 2011, 52 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kamalpur · ■ Egra - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**4%

Tap water ****26%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**96%

Use banking services ****33%**

**33%

Television ****12%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**32%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Kamalpur?

■ Kamalpur · ■ Egra - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.7%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****893**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****828**

**953

Working population ****34.0%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.0% for men and 69.6% for women. 55% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 50 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 320 (38%) · **■** Household industry 58 (7%) · **■** Other work 341 (41%) · **■** Marginal 69 (8%)

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 Egra - II

- Dulalpur2,766 people
- Maheshpur2,642 people
- Urdhabpur2,610 people
- Rajendra Chak2,483 people
- Asit Chak2,455 people
- Ganeshwarpur2,135 people
- Bara Nidhi2,097 people
- Laskarpur2,079 people

[All 117 villages in Egra - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kamalpur?2,463 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kamalpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kamalpur?78.7% (Census 2011)