# Kamartua Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Kamartua

Kamartua is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,189 people in 204 households**, the 117th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 1,189people (2011)
- 204households
- 50.9%literacy
- 843females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kamartua

Of every 100 households in Kamartua in 2011, 28 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kamartua · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****43%**

**78%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**60%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**96%

Use banking services ****16%**

**19%

Television ****9%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**28%

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 Kamartua?

■ Kamartua · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.9%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****843**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****711**

**943

Working population ****27.8%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.8% for men and 43.1% for women. 47% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 73 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 147 (44%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 102 (31%) · **■** Marginal 7 (2%)

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 Karandighi

- Baijuar1,237 people
- Dewanjagir1,207 people
- Dakshin Mohanpur1,206 people
- Chiranch1,201 people
- Sargaon1,180 people
- Purba Mohanpur1,165 people
- Paniha1,153 people
- Purba Pipla1,152 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kamartua?1,189 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kamartua in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kamartua?50.9% (Census 2011)