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Kamta Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Kamta is a medium size village located in Manbazar - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 354 families residing. The Kamta village has population of 1783 of which 903 are males while 880 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kamta village population of children with age 0-6 is 263 which makes up 14.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kamta village is 975 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kamta as per census is 1023, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kamta village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kamta village was 49.41 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kamta Male literacy stands at 62.87 % while female literacy rate was 35.48 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kamta village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Kamta village.

Kamta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 354 - -
Population 1,783 903 880
Child (0-6) 263 130 133
Schedule Caste 828 419 409
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 49.41 % 62.87 % 35.48 %
Total Workers 853 501 352
Main Worker 226 - -
Marginal Worker 627 292 335

Caste Factor

In Kamta village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 46.44 % of total population in Kamta village. The village Kamta currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kamta village out of total population, 853 were engaged in work activities. 26.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 73.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 853 workers engaged in Main Work, 83 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 79 were Agricultural labourer.