# Amankandia Village, Gaighata – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Amankandia

Amankandia is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,965 people in 466 households**, the 57th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 1,965people (2011)
- 466households
- 84.6%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amankandia

Of every 100 households in Amankandia in 2011, 63 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Amankandia · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**3%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****96%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**91%

Use banking services ****34%**

**47%

Television ****28%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****6%**

**17%

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 Amankandia?

■ Amankandia · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.6%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****844**

**965

Working population ****34.4%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.0% for men and 77.1% for women. 58% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 267 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 246 (36%) · **■** Other work 127 (19%) · **■** Marginal 35 (5%)

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 Gaighata

- Singjol2,035 people
- Dhankuni2,030 people
- Mahishakati1,972 people
- Jhikra1,968 people
- Chaugachha1,923 people
- Jamdani1,923 people
- Tegharia1,920 people
- Pipli1,808 people

[All 100 villages in Gaighata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/gaighata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amankandia?1,965 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amankandia in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amankandia?84.6% (Census 2011)