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

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Amilas

Amilas is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **946 people in 239 households**, the 54th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 946people (2011)
- 239households
- 73.1%literacy
- 1,017females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amilas

Of every 100 households in Amilas in 2011, 34 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Amilas · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**27%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****61%**

**89%

Use banking services ****42%**

**32%

Television ****15%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****53%**

**29%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Amilas?

■ Amilas · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.1%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1017**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1245**

**972

Working population ****40.2%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.3% for men and 66.8% for women. 57% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 154 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (6%) · **■** Other work 10 (3%) · **■** Marginal 193 (51%)

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

- Barahara987 people
- Kesharghata970 people
- Narayanpur953 people
- Khusipur952 people
- Bansihari930 people
- Sayestabad906 people
- Chandipur903 people
- Barakhair853 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amilas?946 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amilas in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amilas?73.1% (Census 2011)