# Amkola Village, Gaighata – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Amkola

Amkola is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,175 people in 801 households**, the 30th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 3,175people (2011)
- 801households
- 88.1%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amkola

Of every 100 households in Amkola in 2011, 74 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Amkola · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****74%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**3%

Tap water ****3%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**91%

Use banking services ****36%**

**47%

Television ****39%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****22%**

**17%

Own their home ****88%**

**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 Amkola?

■ Amkola · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.1%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1069**

**965

Working population ****40.0%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.5% for men and 83.5% for women. 62% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 60 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 189 (15%) · **■** Household industry 163 (13%) · **■** Other work 734 (58%) · **■** Marginal 123 (10%)

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

- Jhaudanga3,476 people
- Dogachhia3,426 people
- Gazna3,238 people
- Tentulbaria3,178 people
- Shimulia3,169 people
- Baikara3,056 people
- Chandigar3,051 people
- Subidpur3,029 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 Amkola?3,175 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amkola in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amkola?88.1% (Census 2011)