# Amai Village, Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Amai

Amai is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,869 people in 426 households**, the 14th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 1,869people (2011)
- 426households
- 61.6%literacy
- 982females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amai

Of every 100 households in Amai in 2011, 16 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Amai · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**58%

Tap water ****5%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**27%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**89%

Use banking services ****23%**

**32%

Television ****10%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****35%**

**29%

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 Amai?

■ Amai · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.6%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1174**

**972

Working population ****48.8%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.1% for men and 51.7% for women. 64% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 288 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 256 (28%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 39 (4%) · **■** Marginal 318 (35%)

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 Bansihari

- Jamar2,341 people
- Kail2,244 people
- Panjarpara2,233 people
- Badalpur1,892 people
- Thingur1,796 people
- Jaharpur1,767 people
- Gauripara1,733 people
- Dilkhanthi1,729 people

[All 161 villages in Bansihari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/bansihari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amai?1,869 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amai in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amai?61.6% (Census 2011)