# Kamalpur Village, Magrahat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Magrahat - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kamalpur

Kamalpur is a village in Magrahat - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,740 people in 394 households**, the 51st largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.0%.

- 1,740people (2011)
- 394households
- 79.9%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kamalpur

Of every 100 households in Kamalpur in 2011, 62 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kamalpur · ■ Magrahat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**53%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**51%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**94%

Use banking services ****32%**

**33%

Television ****30%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****47%**

**38%

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 Kamalpur?

■ Kamalpur · ■ Magrahat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.9%**

**74.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1159**

**983

Working population ****36.4%**

**32.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.0% for men and 70.1% for women. 57% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 86 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 78 (12%) · **■** Household industry 130 (21%) · **■** Other work 186 (29%) · **■** Marginal 153 (24%)

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 Magrahat - I

- Bainch Beria2,029 people
- Haripur1,963 people
- Baneswarpur1,960 people
- Srichanda1,773 people
- Bakhra Bad1,651 people
- Dhan Dhania1,609 people
- Dihi Sarishapara1,576 people
- Bagaria Khargachhi1,473 people

[All 81 villages in Magrahat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/magrahat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kamalpur?1,740 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kamalpur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Magrahat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kamalpur?79.9% (Census 2011)