# Amba Village, Mayureswar - I, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Mayureswar - I, Birbhum 

# Amba

Amba is a village in Mayureswar - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,430 people in 339 households**, the 37th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,430people (2011)
- 339households
- 73.2%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amba

Of every 100 households in Amba in 2011, 49 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Amba · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**92%

Use banking services ****89%**

**55%

Television ****33%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****42%**

**32%

Own their home ****82%**

**96%

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 Amba?

■ Amba · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.2%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****774**

**975

Working population ****38.9%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 64.4% for women. 54% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 9 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 156 (28%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 134 (24%) · **■** Marginal 253 (46%)

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 Mayureswar - I

- Nandura1,583 people
- Rukunpur1,515 people
- Matmahula1,453 people
- Katigram1,448 people
- Pathai1,348 people
- Gourbazar1,312 people
- Kamra1,270 people
- Nandigram1,219 people

[All 113 villages in Mayureswar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amba?1,430 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amba in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amba?73.2% (Census 2011)