# Kamakhyapur Village, Gosaba – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gosaba, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kamakhyapur

Kamakhyapur is a village in Gosaba sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,577 people in 890 households**, the 23rd largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 4,577people (2011)
- 890households
- 66.8%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kamakhyapur

Of every 100 households in Kamakhyapur in 2011, 2 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Kamakhyapur · ■ Gosaba rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****82%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**23%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****30%**

**94%

Use banking services ****14%**

**35%

Television ****4%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****38%**

**51%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kamakhyapur?

■ Kamakhyapur · ■ Gosaba rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.8%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****925**

**981

Working population ****44.2%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.4% for men and 59.1% for women. 56% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 167 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 250 (12%) · **■** Household industry 16 (1%) · **■** Other work 52 (3%) · **■** Marginal 1,539 (76%)

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 Gosaba

- Kachu Khali5,176 people
- Dayapur4,972 people
- Harishpur4,878 people
- Radhanagar Purba4,583 people
- Luxbagan4,504 people
- Radhanagar Dakshin4,475 people
- Sudhansupur4,352 people
- Radhanagar Paschim4,196 people

[All 51 villages in Gosaba](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/gosaba/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kamakhyapur?4,577 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kamakhyapur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Gosaba sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kamakhyapur?66.8% (Census 2011)