# Amritakhanda Village, Balurghat – Population & Literacy

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Amritakhanda

Amritakhanda is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,863 people in 718 households**, the 5th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 2,863people (2011)
- 718households
- 75.9%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amritakhanda

Of every 100 households in Amritakhanda in 2011, 46 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Amritakhanda · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**65%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**90%

Use banking services ****36%**

**41%

Television ****36%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**2%

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

**26%

Own their home ****97%**

**97%

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 Amritakhanda?

■ Amritakhanda · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.9%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****815**

**965

Working population ****42.4%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.9% for men and 69.8% for women. 60% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 242 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 194 (16%) · **■** Household industry 40 (3%) · **■** Other work 504 (42%) · **■** Marginal 233 (19%)

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 Balurghat

- Patiram12,462 people
- Khidirpur5,419 people
- Kamarpara3,203 people
- Uttar Khanpur2,895 people
- Bolla2,836 people
- Durgapur2,814 people
- Bara Raghunathpur2,763 people
- Faridpur2,362 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amritakhanda?2,863 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amritakhanda in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amritakhanda?75.9% (Census 2011)