# Kamra Village, Budge Budge - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Budge Budge - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kamra

Kamra is a village in Budge Budge - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,500 people in 364 households**, the 37th largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 1,500people (2011)
- 364households
- 84.2%literacy
- 899females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kamra

Of every 100 households in Kamra in 2011, 61 had electricity, 55 a toilet at home and 23 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kamra · ■ Budge Budge - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**71%

Toilet within the home ****55%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****45%**

**44%

Tap water ****20%**

**79%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****23%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****69%**

**91%

Use banking services ****50%**

**46%

Television ****56%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 · ■ Budge Budge - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.2%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****899**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****833**

**981

Working population ****35.3%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.1% for men and 79.8% for women. 61% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 138 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (2%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 267 (50%) · **■** Marginal 110 (21%)

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 Budge Budge - II

- Aripara1,722 people
- Dhanchebaria1,709 people
- Maheswarpur1,641 people
- Bhetkakhali1,519 people
- Shubhi1,481 people
- Bidira1,462 people
- Chak Paran1,424 people
- Deuli1,399 people

[All 61 villages in Budge Budge - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/budge-budge-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kamra?1,500 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kamra in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Budge Budge - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kamra?84.2% (Census 2011)