Village · Goalpokhar - II, Uttar Dinajpur
# Purbba Kamarshal

Purbba Kamarshal is a village in Goalpokhar - II sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,855 people in 432 households, the 49th largest of 169 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 46.1%.
- 1,855 people (2011)
- 432 households
- 60.9% literacy
- 908 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purbba Kamarshal

Of every 100 households in Purbba Kamarshal in 2011, 57 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purbba Kamarshal · ■ Goalpokhar - II rural average
- Electricity for lighting 57% 33%
- Toilet within the home 17% 17%
- No toilet (open defecation) 83% 81%
- Tap water 0% 6%
- Drinking water within premises 52% 51%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 92%
- Use banking services 21% 17%
- Television 24% 10%
- Mobile phone 30% 30%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 7% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 19% 31%
- Own their home 99% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Purbba Kamarshal?

■ Purbba Kamarshal · ■ Goalpokhar - II rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 60.9% 46.1%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 908 940
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1000 958
- Working population 33.6% 31.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.4% for men and 52.5% for women. 54% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 167 (27%) · ■ Farm labourers 169 (27%) · ■ Household industry 3 (0%) · ■ Other work 45 (7%) · ■ Marginal 240 (38%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Goalpokhar - II
- Nayanagar 1,961 people
- Simulia 1,960 people
- Ladhi 1,938 people
- Bara Shikarpur 1,892 people
- Chathol 1,843 people
- Tarapur 1,835 people
- Gerua 1,818 people
- Baragaon 1,816 people

All 170 villages in Goalpokhar - II

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Purbba Kamarshal? 1,855 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purbba Kamarshal in? Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purbba Kamarshal? 60.9% (Census 2011)

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