Kamargoria

Overview

Kamargoria is small village located in Burdwan district, West Bengal with total 735 families residing. The Kamargoria village has population of 3366 of which 1741 are males while 1625 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kamargoria village population of children with age 0-6 is 344 which makes up 10.22% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kamargoria village is 933 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kamargoria as per census is 944, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kamargoria village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kamargoria village was 77.93% compared to 76.26% of West Bengal. In Kamargoria Male literacy stands at 83.06% while female literacy rate was 72.43%.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kamargoria village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village.

One of the most famous and most effective leaders of CPI(M), Harekrishna Konar was a resident and was born in this village.

Climate

Kamargoria climate is classified as tropical. In winter, there is much less rainfall in Kamargoria than in summer. According to Köppen and Geiger, this climate is classified as Aw. The temperature here averages 26.5 °C. In a year, the average rainfall is 1228 mm.

Caste Factor

Kamargoria village has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.38% of total population in Kamargoria village. The village Kamargoria currently doesn’t have any Scheduled Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kamargoria village out of total population, 1166 were engaged in work activities. 92.54% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.46% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1166 workers engaged in Main Work, 355 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 402 were Agricultural labourer.