# Amarkati Village, Basirhat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basirhat - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Amarkati

Amarkati is a village in Basirhat - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **590 people in 130 households**, the 51st largest of 59 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.1%.

- 590people (2011)
- 130households
- 77.3%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amarkati

Of every 100 households in Amarkati in 2011, 72 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Amarkati · ■ Basirhat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****76%**

**70%

No toilet (open defecation) ****21%**

**25%

Tap water ****2%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**19%

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

**4%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****53%**

**29%

Television ****20%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Amarkati?

■ Amarkati · ■ Basirhat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.3%**

**72.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**953

Working population ****31.5%**

**36.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.2% for men and 77.5% for women. 59% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 26 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 25 (13%) · **■** Other work 129 (69%) · **■** Marginal 6 (3%)

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 Basirhat - I

- Chak Kamardanga882 people
- Durgapur855 people
- Sarania790 people
- Ghusuri640 people
- Par Naihati574 people
- Shripur510 people
- Fatepur400 people
- Nonaghona393 people

[All 60 villages in Basirhat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/basirhat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amarkati?590 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amarkati in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Basirhat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amarkati?77.3% (Census 2011)