# Kamra Village, Baruipur – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Baruipur, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kamra

Kamra is a village in Baruipur sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,352 people in 324 households**, the 79th largest of 122 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.

- 1,352people (2011)
- 324households
- 79.7%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kamra

Of every 100 households in Kamra in 2011, 58 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kamra · ■ Baruipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****51%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****49%**

**35%

Tap water ****21%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**85%

Use banking services ****32%**

**39%

Television ****41%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****13%**

**29%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kamra?

■ Kamra · ■ Baruipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.7%**

**75.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1120**

**954

Working population ****33.7%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.1% for men and 71.2% for women. 57% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 33 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 162 (36%) · **■** Household industry 12 (3%) · **■** Other work 168 (37%) · **■** Marginal 80 (18%)

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 Baruipur

- Paschim Mallikpur1,436 people
- Surjapur1,434 people
- Nachangachha1,396 people
- Gopalpur1,388 people
- Tengar Baria1,309 people
- Durgapur Gazipur1,307 people
- Sultanpur1,283 people
- Mautala1,277 people

[All 126 villages in Baruipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/baruipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kamra?1,352 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kamra in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Baruipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kamra?79.7% (Census 2011)