Kamargoria

23°01′N 87°56′E / 23.02°N 87.93°E / 23.02; 87.93Country IndiaDistrictPurba Bardhaman districtStateWest BengalGovernment • TypePanchayatPopulation • Total3,366Time zoneUTC+5:30 (Indian Standard Time)PINTelephone/STD code0321036Lok Sabha constituencyBardhaman PurbaVidhan Sabha constituencyRainaWebsitepurbabardhaman.gov.in

Kamargoria is a village in Raina II CD Block in Bardhaman Sadar South subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Demographics

As of 2011, Kamargoria hosts 735 families. The population numbers 3,366, of which 1,741 are males while 1,625 are females.^[1]

The population of children with age 0-6 is 344, comprising 10.22% of the total. The female sex ratio is 933, which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. The child sex ratio is 944, which is lower than West Bengal average of 956.^[1]

In 2011, the literacy rate was 77.93% compared to 76.26% of West Bengal. Male literacy stands at 83.06% while female literacy was 72.43%.^[1]

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Households	735	-	-
Population	3,366	1,741	1,625
Child (0-6)	344	177	167
Schedule Caste	989	514	475
Scheduled Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	77.93%	83.06%	72.43%
Workers	1,166	1,052	114

Castes

Kamargoria village has substantial population of Scheduled Castes constituting 29.38% of the population. No members of Scheduled Tribe live there.^[2]

Economy

As of 2011, 1,166 people engaged in working activities. 92.54% of workers describe their work as their main work (employment or earning for more than 6 months/year) while 7.46% were involved in marginal activities (employment or earning for less than 6 months). 355 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 402 were agricultural labourers.^[3]

Administration

As per the Constitution of India and Panchayati Raj Act, Kamargoria village is administrated by a Sarpanch (Head of the Panchayat) who is the leader of all the elected representatives of village.^[1]

Climate

Kamargoria
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     14     26 13     17     29 15     21     34 20     30     38 24     70     35 26     201     35 26     274     36 24     262     32 29     234     32 26     86     32 23     17     29 17     2     26 13 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C █ Precipitation totals in mm Source: http://en.climate-data.org/location/174026/
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     0.6     79 55     0.7     84 59     0.8     93 68     1.2     100 75     2.8     95 79     7.9     95 79     11     97 75     10     90 84     9.2     90 79     3.4     90 73     0.7     84 63     0.1     79 55 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F █ Precipitation totals in inches

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

Notables

• Hare Krishna Konar (politician) was born and resident.
• Benoy Krishna Konar (politician) was a resident.
• Dasarathi Tah (politician) was resident.

Education

Hare Krishna Konar Smriti patagar is one of the prominent library of West Bengal is in this village only.^[5] Kamargoria Rashbehari Basu Shikshaniketan is a co-educational high school affiliated with the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education.^[6]

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