# Amlahar Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Amlahar

Amlahar is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,069 people in 269 households**, the 61st largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,069people (2011)
- 269households
- 71.7%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amlahar

Of every 100 households in Amlahar in 2011, 15 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Amlahar · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****11%**

**18%

Television ****6%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****50%**

**24%

Own their home ****91%**

**99%

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 Amlahar?

■ Amlahar · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.7%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1130**

**955

Working population ****32.0%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.9% for men and 68.2% for women. 52% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 25 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 136 (40%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 15 (4%) · **■** Marginal 163 (48%)

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 Kushmundi

- Durgapur1,185 people
- Samsia1,176 people
- Ayera1,133 people
- Bhetahar1,088 people
- Bara Damodarpur1,067 people
- Upadail1,057 people
- Jothar1,054 people
- Khagail1,043 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amlahar?1,069 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amlahar in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amlahar?71.7% (Census 2011)