Village · Amdanga, North Twenty Four Parganas
# Atghara

Atghara is a village in Amdanga sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,791 people in 409 households, the 49th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 80.4%.
- 1,791 people (2011)
- 409 households
- 84.2% literacy
- 949 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Atghara

Of every 100 households in Atghara in 2011, 58 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 14 a car.

■ Atghara · ■ Amdanga rural average
- Electricity for lighting 58% 55%
- Toilet within the home 85% 79%
- No toilet (open defecation) 15% 18%
- Tap water 14% 12%
- Drinking water within premises 46% 51%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 4% 4%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 95% 91%
- Use banking services 71% 50%
- Television 26% 23%
- Mobile phone 51% 48%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 8% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 14% 3%
- None of these assets 5% 18%
- Own their home 98% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Atghara?

■ Atghara · ■ Amdanga rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 84.2% 80.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 949 943
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1000 969
- Working population 33.1% 36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.8% for men and 81.5% for women. 61% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 108 (18%) · ■ Farm labourers 327 (55%) · ■ Household industry 2 (0%) · ■ Other work 87 (15%) · ■ Marginal 68 (11%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Amdanga
- Chandigor 1,974 people
- Harapur 1,969 people
- Jirat 1,941 people
- Mathura 1,899 people
- Shrirampur 1,743 people
- Gajbanda 1,713 people
- Chankia 1,658 people
- Kharu 1,651 people

All 80 villages in Amdanga

## Other places named Atghara
- Atghara · Village, Baduria, North Twenty Four Parganas · 5,250 people
- Atghara · Village, Haroa, North Twenty Four Parganas · 5,098 people
- Atghara · Village, Sonarpur, South Twenty Four Parganas · 4,284 people
- Atghara · Village, Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur · 2,232 people
- Atghara · Village, Khanakul - I, Hugli · 1,636 people
- Atghara · Village, Mangolkote, Barddhaman · 1,570 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Atghara? 1,791 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Atghara in? North Twenty Four Parganas district (Amdanga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Atghara? 84.2% (Census 2011)

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