# Kamalpur Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Kamalpur

Kamalpur is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,437 people in 301 households**, the 71st largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 1,437people (2011)
- 301households
- 42.1%literacy
- 929females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kamalpur

Of every 100 households in Kamalpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kamalpur · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**32%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****4%**

**16%

Television ****1%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**32%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.1%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****929**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****979**

**955

Working population ****56.5%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 43.6% for men and 40.5% for women. 66% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 96 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 237 (29%) · **■** Other work 47 (6%) · **■** Marginal 432 (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 Itahar

- Belua1,516 people
- Shishai1,512 people
- Gopinathpur1,483 people
- Patirajpur1,458 people
- Banbol1,435 people
- Nalbhiti Madhabpur1,404 people
- Chandol1,383 people
- Parmeswarbati1,371 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kamalpur?1,437 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kamalpur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kamalpur?42.1% (Census 2011)