# Amarpur Village, Kumargram, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumargram, Jalpaiguri 

# Amarpur

Amarpur is a village in Kumargram sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,423 people in 473 households**, the 36th largest of 53 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.8%.

- 2,423people (2011)
- 473households
- 55.8%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amarpur

Of every 100 households in Amarpur in 2011, 6 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Amarpur · ■ Kumargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**34%

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

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**49%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****20%**

**22%

Television ****4%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**29%

Own their home ****98%**

**82%

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 · ■ Kumargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.8%**

**69.8%

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

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1191**

**947

Working population ****37.4%**

**40.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.9% for men and 48.2% for women. 55% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 416 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 118 (13%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 131 (14%) · **■** Marginal 239 (26%)

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 Kumargram

- Chunia Jhora Tea Garden2,772 people
- Baruipara2,548 people
- Paschim Chak Chaka2,547 people
- Bara Daldal2,449 people
- Majher Dabri2,307 people
- Uttar Narathali2,213 people
- Jaydedpur2,149 people
- Radhanagar2,080 people

[All 53 villages in Kumargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/kumargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amarpur?2,423 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amarpur in?Jalpaiguri district (Kumargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amarpur?55.8% (Census 2011)