# Kamalpur Village, Mahisadal, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Mahisadal, Purba Medinipur 

# Kamalpur

Kamalpur is a village in Mahisadal sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,686 people in 380 households**, the 42nd largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.1%.

- 1,686people (2011)
- 380households
- 85.9%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kamalpur

Of every 100 households in Kamalpur in 2011, 55 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kamalpur · ■ Mahisadal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**90%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**6%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**4%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**85%

Use banking services ****32%**

**42%

Television ****12%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**28%

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 Kamalpur?

■ Kamalpur · ■ Mahisadal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.9%**

**86.1%

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

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1074**

**948

Working population ****36.8%**

**35.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.6% for men and 81.9% for women. 62% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 53 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 90 (15%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 303 (49%) · **■** Marginal 168 (27%)

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 Mahisadal

- Bholsara2,008 people
- Ektarpur1,983 people
- Kapurda1,933 people
- Jhaupatra1,694 people
- Jagannathpur1,680 people
- Terapekhya1,579 people
- Malubasan1,507 people
- Tentul Berya1,502 people

[All 75 villages in Mahisadal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/mahisadal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kamalpur?1,686 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kamalpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Mahisadal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kamalpur?85.9% (Census 2011)