# Amua Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Amua

Amua is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,398 people in 958 households**, the 1st largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 4,398people (2011)
- 958households
- 65.3%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amua

Of every 100 households in Amua in 2011, 40 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Amua · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**82%

Tap water ****31%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****64%**

**85%

Use banking services ****49%**

**57%

Television ****29%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**33%

Own their home ****95%**

**95%

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 Amua?

■ Amua · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.3%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****917**

**961

Working population ****37.6%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.8% for men and 58.6% for women. 57% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 93 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 345 (21%) · **■** Household industry 31 (2%) · **■** Other work 814 (49%) · **■** Marginal 371 (22%)

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 Sainthia

- Matpalsha3,756 people
- Kunuri3,217 people
- Uttar Sija3,181 people
- Rangaipur2,965 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amua?4,398 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amua in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amua?65.3% (Census 2011)