# Amshol Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Amshol

Amshol is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,389 people in 281 households**, the 38th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 1,389people (2011)
- 281households
- 80.5%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amshol

Of every 100 households in Amshol in 2011, 41 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Amshol · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**35%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****39%**

**75%

Use banking services ****12%**

**53%

Television ****8%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**22%

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 Amshol?

■ Amshol · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.5%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****766**

**948

Working population ****31.0%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.5% for men and 70.8% for women. 53% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 93 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 219 (51%) · **■** Other work 57 (13%) · **■** Marginal 62 (14%)

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 Sonamukhi

- Chakai1,476 people
- Ban Parulia1,461 people
- Purba Nabasan1,446 people
- Bara1,421 people
- Purba Nandarampur1,376 people
- Pathara1,356 people
- Naruala1,338 people
- Bhaluk Khan1,322 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amshol?1,389 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amshol in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amshol?80.5% (Census 2011)