# Khamar Village, Jhalda - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Khamar

Khamar is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,799 people in 364 households**, the 12th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 1,799people (2011)
- 364households
- 57.4%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khamar

Of every 100 households in Khamar in 2011, 32 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Khamar · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****11%**

**39%

Television ****7%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Khamar?

■ Khamar · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.4%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****892**

**946

Working population ****50.2%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.3% for men and 46.7% for women. 52% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 213 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 450 (50%) · **■** Other work 43 (5%) · **■** Marginal 197 (22%)

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 Jhalda - I

- Ghutia2,280 people
- Birudi2,230 people
- Hesla2,130 people
- Kusi1,998 people
- Garia1,726 people
- Danrda1,675 people
- Kudlum1,662 people
- Udaysiru1,660 people

[All 142 villages in Jhalda - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khamar?1,799 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khamar in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khamar?57.4% (Census 2011)