# Kumarapara Village, Mathurapur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Mathurapur - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kumarapara

Kumarapara is a village in Mathurapur - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **17,682 people in 3,654 households**, the 4th largest of 27 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.8%.

- 17,682people (2011)
- 3,654households
- 76.0%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kumarapara

Of every 100 households in Kumarapara in 2011, 25 had electricity, 47 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kumarapara · ■ Mathurapur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****47%**

**55%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**43%

Tap water ****4%**

**6%

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

**2%

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

**1%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****24%**

**27%

Television ****13%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****34%**

**34%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kumarapara?

■ Kumarapara · ■ Mathurapur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.0%**

**77.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****958**

**949

Working population ****36.0%**

**36.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.5% for men and 67.0% for women. 59% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 825 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,032 (16%) · **■** Household industry 164 (3%) · **■** Other work 974 (15%) · **■** Marginal 3,374 (53%)

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 Mathurapur - II

- Gilarchat25,897 people
- Khari21,900 people
- Raydighi Abad20,467 people
- Dighirpar Bakultala14,080 people
- Kankandighi12,900 people
- Uttar Kashinagar12,231 people
- Kautala11,725 people

[All 27 villages in Mathurapur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/mathurapur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kumarapara?17,682 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kumarapara in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Mathurapur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kumarapara?76.0% (Census 2011)