# Amarkunda Village, Nabagram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Nabagram, Murshidabad 

# Amarkunda

Amarkunda is a village in Nabagram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,408 people in 588 households**, the 33rd largest of 109 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 2,408people (2011)
- 588households
- 75.1%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amarkunda

Of every 100 households in Amarkunda in 2011, 38 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Amarkunda · ■ Nabagram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**35%

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

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**76%

Tap water ****14%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**95%

Use banking services ****83%**

**58%

Television ****20%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**37%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Amarkunda?

■ Amarkunda · ■ Nabagram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.1%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****929**

**965

Working population ****36.0%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.3% for men and 70.8% for women. 59% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 256 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 483 (56%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 88 (10%) · **■** Marginal 35 (4%)

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 Nabagram

- Palsanda2,541 people
- Bagor2,540 people
- Mobarakpur2,469 people
- Maminabad2,423 people
- Targram2,310 people
- Ikrol2,301 people
- Itor2,283 people
- Anantapur2,227 people

[All 118 villages in Nabagram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/nabagram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amarkunda?2,408 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amarkunda in?Murshidabad district (Nabagram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amarkunda?75.1% (Census 2011)