# Amta Village, Haroa, North Twenty Four Parganas (West Bengal)

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Village · Haroa, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Amta

Amta is a village in Haroa sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **972 people in 210 households**, the 69th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 972people (2011)
- 210households
- 80.0%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amta

Of every 100 households in Amta in 2011, 53 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Amta · ■ Haroa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**81%

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

**15%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**32%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****9%**

**39%

Television ****7%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**31%

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 Amta?

■ Amta · ■ Haroa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.0%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****875**

**947

Working population ****34.2%**

**34.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.9% for men and 76.8% for women. 59% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 47 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (12%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 132 (40%) · **■** Marginal 109 (33%)

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 Haroa

- Jhujargachha1,056 people
- Bhubanpur1,015 people
- Garainagar1,010 people
- Dirghadaria994 people
- Indali858 people
- Kulgachhi849 people
- Tentulia Abad816 people
- Mondalhat810 people

[All 90 villages in Haroa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/haroa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amta?972 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amta in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Haroa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amta?80.0% (Census 2011)