# Kamalpur Village, Potashpur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Kamalpur

Kamalpur is a village in Potashpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **632 people in 115 households**, the 94th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 98.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 632people (2011)
- 115households
- 98.5%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kamalpur

Of every 100 households in Kamalpur in 2011, 68 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 4 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kamalpur · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****68%**

**34%

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

**94%

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

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**24%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****0%**

**36%

Television ****2%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****57%**

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****98.5%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****978**

**943

Working population ****27.8%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 99.3% for men and 97.8% for women. 53% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 101 (57%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (13%) · **■** Other work 17 (10%) · **■** Marginal 35 (20%)

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 Potashpur - II

- Batia664 people
- Haripur653 people
- Buran652 people
- Chak Kandu634 people
- Chak Padu631 people
- Dainda625 people
- Barbatia616 people
- Bhat Bar587 people

[All 151 villages in Potashpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kamalpur?632 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kamalpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kamalpur?98.5% (Census 2011)