# Ambika Nagar Village, Ranibundh, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Ranibundh, Bankura 

# Ambika Nagar

Ambika Nagar is a village in Ranibundh sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,228 people in 656 households**, the 2nd largest of 169 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.5%.

- 3,228people (2011)
- 656households
- 75.4%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ambika Nagar

Of every 100 households in Ambika Nagar in 2011, 52 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ambika Nagar · ■ Ranibundh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**7%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****59%**

**96%

Use banking services ****39%**

**34%

Television ****32%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****41%**

**26%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Ambika Nagar?

■ Ambika Nagar · ■ Ranibundh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.4%**

**68.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****907**

**951

Working population ****34.7%**

**48.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.2% for men and 65.8% for women. 51% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 105 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 346 (31%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 382 (34%) · **■** Marginal 275 (25%)

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 Ranibundh

- Khutakata Krishnanagar3,440 people
- Rudra2,876 people
- Rani Bandh2,366 people
- Bansdiha2,207 people
- Kama2,189 people

[All 186 villages in Ranibundh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/ranibundh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ambika Nagar?3,228 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ambika Nagar in?Bankura district (Ranibundh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ambika Nagar?75.4% (Census 2011)