# Amdai Village, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Amdai

Amdai is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,142 people in 471 households**, the 4th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 2,142people (2011)
- 471households
- 71.0%literacy
- 1,021females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amdai

Of every 100 households in Amdai in 2011, 58 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Amdai · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**86%

Tap water ****14%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**30%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****27%**

**34%

Television ****28%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**17%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Amdai?

■ Amdai · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.0%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1021**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1220**

**979

Working population ****47.6%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.7% for men and 63.3% for women. 63% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 237 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 201 (20%) · **■** Household industry 26 (3%) · **■** Other work 81 (8%) · **■** Marginal 475 (47%)

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 Jhargram

- Manikpara4,239 people
- Radha Nagar3,746 people
- Lalitasol2,707 people
- Gojasimul1,847 people
- Chandri1,699 people
- Agaibani1,620 people
- Khalsiyali1,508 people

[All 604 villages in Jhargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jhargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amdai?2,142 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amdai in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amdai?71.0% (Census 2011)