# Amarkunda Village, Lalgola, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Lalgola, Murshidabad 

# Amarkunda

Amarkunda is a village in Lalgola sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,605 people in 1,208 households**, the 20th largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.3%.

- 5,605people (2011)
- 1,208households
- 58.3%literacy
- 1,009females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amarkunda

Of every 100 households in Amarkunda in 2011, 22 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Amarkunda · ■ Lalgola rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**59%

Tap water ****14%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**38%

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

**3%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****14%**

**25%

Television ****6%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****42%**

**38%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Amarkunda?

■ Amarkunda · ■ Lalgola rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.3%**

**64.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1009**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1022**

**977

Working population ****29.4%**

**34.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.9% for men and 57.8% for women. 48% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 204 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 426 (26%) · **■** Household industry 31 (2%) · **■** Other work 321 (19%) · **■** Marginal 668 (40%)

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 Lalgola

- Upar Fatepur7,142 people
- Sites Nagar7,123 people
- Ilimpur6,204 people
- Karttikpur5,687 people
- Paschim Durbarpara5,056 people
- Basui4,676 people
- Syampur4,443 people
- Ramchandrapur4,358 people

[All 94 villages in Lalgola](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/lalgola/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amarkunda?5,605 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amarkunda in?Murshidabad district (Lalgola sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amarkunda?58.3% (Census 2011)