# Uttar Amarpur Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Uttar Amarpur

Uttar Amarpur is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,192 people in 296 households**, the 47th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 1,192people (2011)
- 296households
- 73.5%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uttar Amarpur

Of every 100 households in Uttar Amarpur in 2011, 27 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Uttar Amarpur · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****71%**

**85%

Use banking services ****63%**

**57%

Television ****17%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**33%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Uttar Amarpur?

■ Uttar Amarpur · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.5%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****986**

**961

Working population ****39.8%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.8% for men and 67.0% for women. 57% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 74 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 89 (19%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 40 (8%) · **■** Marginal 267 (56%)

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

- Ikra1,231 people
- Deriapur1,218 people
- Bholagaria1,216 people
- Juita1,203 people
- Harisara1,187 people
- Uttar Bangaon1,160 people
- Bengra1,158 people
- Markola1,125 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Uttar Amarpur?1,192 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uttar Amarpur in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uttar Amarpur?73.5% (Census 2011)