# Amarpura Village, Shamshabad, Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Shamshabad, Vidisha 

# Amarpura

Amarpura is a village in Shamshabad sub-district of Vidisha district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **353 people in 77 households**, the 77th largest of 96 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.5%.

- 353people (2011)
- 77households
- 70.2%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Amarpura PIN code and other codes

Amarpura falls in Shamshabad sub-district, Vidisha district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockNateran
- Census village code481602

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Amarpura from nearby towns?

- Shamshabad (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Vidisha (district HQ)32 km by road
- Shamshabad (nearest town)20 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Amarpura?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Amarpura; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Pipaldhar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Shamshabad
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Vidisha
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 10 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Amarpura known for?

About 87% of the 283 hectares of village land is sown, and 147 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Amarpura

Of every 100 households in Amarpura in 2011, 10 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Amarpura · ■ Shamshabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**99%

Use banking services ****16%**

**22%

Television ****7%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****55%**

**50%

Own their home ****97%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Amarpura?

■ Amarpura · ■ Shamshabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.2%**

**59.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**891

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****821**

**946

Working population ****31.4%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.0% for men and 53.1% for women. 56% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 27 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (6%) · **■** Other work 2 (2%) · **■** Marginal 75 (68%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Shamshabad

- Bhagwanpur388 people
- Amarpur370 people
- Naharyai369 people
- Dafaryai Khurd363 people
- Fatehpur349 people
- Bisonia331 people
- Dunatar323 people
- Khushalpura303 people

[All 98 villages in Shamshabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/vidisha/shamshabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Amarpura from Vidisha?32 km by road
- What is the population of Amarpura?353 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amarpura in?Vidisha district (Shamshabad sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Amarpura?70.2% (Census 2011)