# Amchua Village, Mayureswar - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mayureswar - II, Birbhum 

# Amchua

Amchua is a village in Mayureswar - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **648 people in 154 households**, the 70th largest of 125 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 648people (2011)
- 154households
- 61.7%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amchua

Of every 100 households in Amchua in 2011, 42 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Amchua · ■ Mayureswar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**18%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**90%

Use banking services ****68%**

**23%

Television ****19%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**41%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Amchua?

■ Amchua · ■ Mayureswar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.7%**

**70.9%

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

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****837**

**963

Working population ****35.3%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.4% for men and 54.2% for women. 65% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 99 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 121 (53%) · **■** Other work 7 (3%) · **■** Marginal 2 (1%)

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 - II

- Kanchana679 people
- Lokpara676 people
- Akna662 people
- Bazarhat651 people
- Paramtor619 people
- Dadpur613 people
- Akuni610 people
- Nistia605 people

[All 131 villages in Mayureswar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amchua?648 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amchua in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amchua?61.7% (Census 2011)