Kamnara is a village in

Burdwan I Burdwan I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Baghar, a constituent panchayat of Burdw ...

CD block in

Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Purba Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India. Overview The uneven laterite territory found in the western part of Paschim Bardhaman district extends up to ...

Purba Bardhaman district Purba Bardhaman district is in West Bengal. Its headquarters is in Bardhaman. It was formed on 7 April 2017 after the division of the previous Bardhaman district. Great revolutionary Rash Behari Bose was born in village Subaldaha in the district ...

in the state of

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Geography

CD block HQ

The headquarters of Burdwan I CD block are located at Kamnara.

Urbanisation

73.58% of the population of Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 26.42% of the population live in the urban areas, and that is the highest proportion of urban population amongst the four subdivisions in Purba Bardhaman district. 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.

Demographics

As per the

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

Kamnara had a total population of 2,196, of which 1,158 (53%) were males and 1,038 (47%) were females. Population below 6 years was 226. The total number of literates in Kamnara was 1,522 (77.26% of the population over 6 years).

Transport

The State Highway 7, running from Rajgram (in Murshidabad district) to Midnapore (in Paschim Medinipur district) passes through Kamnara. Kamnara railway station is situated at Kamnara on the

Bardhaman–Katwa line The Bardhaman–Katwa line is a broad gauge branch line connecting Bardhaman and Katwa in Purba Bardhaman district of West Bengal. It is under the jurisdiction of Eastern Railway. The line was a narrow gauge line, before its gauge conversion ...

, with EMU trains.

Barddhaman Junction railway station Bardhaman Junction Railway Station (Station code: BWN) is a railway junction station on the Howrah–Delhi main line and is located in Purba Bardhaman District in the Indian state of West Bengal. EMU services from along Howrah–Bardhaman ma ...

is 6 km away.

Education

Burdwan APC Roy Private Industrial Training Institute was established near Kamnara Pirtala BDO Office in 2012.

References

{{Purba Bardhaman District Villages in Purba Bardhaman district