Kamarda | |
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Village | |
  Kamarda Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Kamarda Kamarda (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:21°51′54.0″N87°43′52.3″E / 21.865000°N 87.731194°E /21.865000; 87.731194 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purba Medinipur |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 11,658 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali,English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 721432 (Kamarda Bazar) |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kanthi |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Khejuri |
| Website | purbamedinipur |
Kamarda is a village, inKhejuri I CD block inContai subdivision ofPurba Medinipur district in the state ofWest Bengal,India.
The headquarters of Khejuri I CD block are located at Kamarda.[1]
93.55% of the population of Contai subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 6.45% of the population live in the urban areas and it is considerably behind Haldia subdivision in urbanization, where 20.81% of the population live in urban areas.[2]
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
As per2011 Census of India Kamarda had a total population of 11,658 of which 6,023 (52%) were males and 5,635 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 1,602. The total number of literates in Kamarda was 8,648 (86.00% of the population over 6 years).[3]
The nearest railway station is at Nachinda on thePanskura-Digha branch line.[4]
National Highway 116B (locally popular as Contai-Digha Highway) passes nearby.[5]
Kamarda High School is a Bengali-medium co-educational higher secondary school. It was established in 1921 and has arrangements for teaching from class V to XII. It has a library with 2,500 books and a play ground.[6]
Kamarda Block Primary Health Centre at Kamarda Bazar (with 15 beds) is the main medical facility in Khejuri I CD block. There is aprimary health centre at Heria (with 10 beds).[7]
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