# Amarda Village, Dantan - II, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Amarda

Amarda is a village in Dantan - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,262 people in 281 households**, the 42nd largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 82.5%.

- 1,262people (2011)
- 281households
- 76.9%literacy
- 903females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amarda

Of every 100 households in Amarda in 2011, 54 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Amarda · ■ Dantan - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****82%**

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****18%**

**17%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**31%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****88%**

**60%

Television ****17%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**14%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Amarda?

■ Amarda · ■ Dantan - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.9%**

**82.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****900**

**953

Working population ****33.6%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.8% for men and 68.1% for women. 57% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 112 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 93 (22%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 151 (36%) · **■** Marginal 67 (16%)

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 Dantan - II

- Rela1,376 people
- Belda1,363 people
- Babla1,360 people
- Narayan Chak1,273 people
- Jalgoda1,244 people
- Kasnmali1,244 people
- Lalpur1,244 people
- Japhala1,218 people

[All 128 villages in Dantan - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amarda?1,262 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amarda in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amarda?76.9% (Census 2011)