# Kamaria Village, Jaynagar - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Jaynagar - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kamaria

Kamaria is a village in Jaynagar - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **26,575 people in 5,132 households**, the 1st largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 26,575people (2011)
- 5,132households
- 68.4%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kamaria

Of every 100 households in Kamaria in 2011, 6 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kamaria · ■ Jaynagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**51%

Tap water ****1%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**3%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**90%

Use banking services ****9%**

**27%

Television ****5%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****53%**

**42%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Kamaria?

■ Kamaria · ■ Jaynagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.4%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****979**

**949

Working population ****31.6%**

**33.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.4% for men and 62.1% for women. 49% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 489 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 591 (7%) · **■** Household industry 652 (8%) · **■** Other work 2,303 (27%) · **■** Marginal 4,366 (52%)

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 Jaynagar - I

- Tilpi13,350 people
- Bantra12,508 people
- Purba Gabberia12,283 people
- Rajpur Korabag7,142 people

[All 67 villages in Jaynagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/jaynagar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kamaria?26,575 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kamaria in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Jaynagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kamaria?68.4% (Census 2011)