# Alampur Village, Jamboni, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jamboni, Paschim Medinipur 

# Alampur

Alampur is a village in Jamboni sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,481 people in 318 households**, the 13th largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.6%.

- 1,481people (2011)
- 318households
- 66.1%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Alampur

Of every 100 households in Alampur in 2011, 24 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Alampur · ■ Jamboni rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**98%

Use banking services ****20%**

**25%

Television ****12%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**23%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Alampur?

■ Alampur · ■ Jamboni rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.1%**

**72.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****828**

**960

Working population ****44.8%**

**45.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.8% for men and 57.1% for women. 60% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 108 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 107 (16%) · **■** Household industry 11 (2%) · **■** Other work 142 (21%) · **■** Marginal 295 (44%)

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 Jamboni

- Ghutia1,588 people
- Kherya Juri1,573 people
- Chilkigar1,553 people
- Dumria1,541 people
- Bahirgram1,300 people
- Khamar Para1,253 people
- Kapgari1,225 people
- Noharia1,217 people

[All 338 villages in Jamboni](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jamboni/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Alampur?1,481 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alampur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jamboni sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Alampur?66.1% (Census 2011)