# Amka Village, Dadri, Gautam Buddha Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Dadri, Gautam Buddha Nagar 

# Amka

Amka is a village in Dadri sub-district of Gautam Buddha Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,176 people in 195 households**, the 95th largest of 108 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 1,176people (2011)
- 195households
- 81.7%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amka

Of every 100 households in Amka in 2011, 100 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 98 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 28 a two-wheeler and 90 a car.

■ Amka · ■ Dadri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**70%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**64%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**35%

Tap water ****100%**

**37%

Drinking water within premises ****100%**

**84%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****98%**

**29%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****2%**

**68%

Use banking services ****100%**

**78%

Television ****97%**

**70%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**82%

Computer with internet ****81%**

**7%

Two-wheeler ****28%**

**43%

Car / jeep / van ****90%**

**20%

None of these assets ****0%**

**5%

Own their home ****53%**

**91%

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 Amka?

■ Amka · ■ Dadri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.7%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**883

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****887**

**823

Working population ****27.4%**

**31.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.8% for men and 72.0% for women. 47% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 32 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 144 (45%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 115 (36%) · **■** Marginal 30 (9%)

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 Dadri

- Anandpur1,272 people
- Emnabad1,239 people
- Bhola Rawal1,215 people
- Shah Beri1,177 people
- Islamabad Kalda1,135 people
- Muthiyani976 people
- Dadupur Khatana936 people
- Iradatpur Urf Rajatpur790 people

[All 110 villages in Dadri](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gautam-buddha-nagar/dadri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amka?1,176 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amka in?Gautam Buddha Nagar district (Dadri sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Amka?81.7% (Census 2011)