# Kamalpur Village, Jaynagar - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Jaynagar - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kamalpur

Kamalpur is a village in Jaynagar - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **972 people in 218 households**, the 41st largest of 47 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 972people (2011)
- 218households
- 68.6%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kamalpur

Of every 100 households in Kamalpur in 2011, 40 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kamalpur · ■ Jaynagar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****26%**

**19%

Television ****24%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****31%**

**49%

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 Kamalpur?

■ Kamalpur · ■ Jaynagar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.6%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1346**

**978

Working population ****37.4%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.4% for men and 59.2% for women. 60% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 68 (19%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 262 (72%) · **■** Marginal 28 (8%)

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 - II

- Baltala1,659 people
- Dam Dama1,658 people
- Taltala1,190 people
- Ghoser Chak986 people
- Chandipur955 people
- Sapla783 people
- Bagbaria Narayanpur709 people
- Banamalipur669 people

[All 47 villages in Jaynagar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/jaynagar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kamalpur?972 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kamalpur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Jaynagar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kamalpur?68.6% (Census 2011)