# Amara Village, Sakaldiha, Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sakaldiha, Chandauli 

# Amara

Amara is a village in Sakaldiha sub-district of Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,495 people in 381 households**, the 84th largest of 456 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 2,495people (2011)
- 381households
- 67.9%literacy
- 1,002females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amara

Of every 100 households in Amara in 2011, 10 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Amara · ■ Sakaldiha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**80%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**93%

Use banking services ****43%**

**77%

Television ****22%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****27%**

**9%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Amara?

■ Amara · ■ Sakaldiha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.9%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1002**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****906**

**911

Working population ****42.1%**

**33.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.7% for men and 57.3% for women. 50% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 84 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 105 (10%) · **■** Household industry 19 (2%) · **■** Other work 88 (8%) · **■** Marginal 754 (72%)

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 Sakaldiha

- Mahra2,522 people
- Gharchit2,521 people
- Babhaniyaw Thana2,506 people
- Salampur2,506 people
- Neknampur2,457 people
- Nagepur2,431 people
- Baraga2,402 people
- Bagahi2,367 people

[All 493 villages in Sakaldiha](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/chandauli/sakaldiha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amara?2,495 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amara in?Chandauli district (Sakaldiha sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Amara?67.9% (Census 2011)