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

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Amdiha

Amdiha is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,085 people in 230 households**, the 16th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 1,085people (2011)
- 230households
- 83.4%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amdiha

Of every 100 households in Amdiha in 2011, 16 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Amdiha · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**30%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**97%

Use banking services ****46%**

**34%

Television ****14%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****2%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Amdiha?

■ Amdiha · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.4%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1175**

**979

Working population ****46.5%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.7% for men and 75.8% for women. 59% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 45 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 206 (41%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 33 (7%) · **■** Marginal 212 (42%)

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

- Shyamsundarpur1,170 people
- Rautarapur1,146 people
- Gobindapur1,133 people
- Lodha Suli1,102 people
- Dalkati1,061 people
- Tanga1,036 people
- Pindkhara1,024 people
- Marai Khunti983 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amdiha?1,085 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amdiha in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amdiha?83.4% (Census 2011)