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

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Kamat

Kamat is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,766 people in 549 households**, the 41st largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 2,766people (2011)
- 549households
- 55.6%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kamat

Of every 100 households in Kamat in 2011, 36 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kamat · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**78%

Tap water ****26%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**60%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****11%**

**19%

Television ****9%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**28%

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 Kamat?

■ Kamat · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.6%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1004**

**943

Working population ****42.9%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.5% for men and 45.7% for women. 54% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 209 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 467 (39%) · **■** Household industry 22 (2%) · **■** Other work 448 (38%) · **■** Marginal 41 (3%)

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

- Rudel2,800 people
- Khowaspur2,799 people
- Kailara2,797 people
- Choprabari2,772 people
- Chaunagara2,606 people
- Dhauta2,579 people
- Barhans2,542 people
- Pachim Mohanpur2,541 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kamat?2,766 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kamat in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kamat?55.6% (Census 2011)