# Amarpur Village, Khanakul - I, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Khanakul - I, Hugli 

# Amarpur

Amarpur is a village in Khanakul - I sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **809 people in 184 households**, the 83rd largest of 93 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.7%.

- 809people (2011)
- 184households
- 65.4%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amarpur

Of every 100 households in Amarpur in 2011, 33 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Amarpur · ■ Khanakul - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**43%

Tap water ****0%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**16%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**90%

Use banking services ****18%**

**36%

Television ****16%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Amarpur?

■ Amarpur · ■ Khanakul - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.4%**

**77.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1119**

**950

Working population ****37.0%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.7% for men and 54.6% for women. 63% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 85 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 34 (11%) · **■** Other work 67 (22%) · **■** Marginal 113 (38%)

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 Khanakul - I

- Shrirampur1,026 people
- Raghunathpur966 people
- Kamdebpur894 people
- Garbere854 people
- Madhabkundu804 people
- Jugikundu696 people
- Ganesh Bazar614 people
- Noada Narayanpur539 people

[All 94 villages in Khanakul - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/khanakul-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amarpur?809 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amarpur in?Hugli district (Khanakul - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amarpur?65.4% (Census 2011)