# Amda Village, Keshiary, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshiary, Paschim Medinipur 

# Amda

Amda is a village in Keshiary sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,011 people in 246 households**, the 48th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.8%.

- 1,011people (2011)
- 246households
- 79.3%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amda

Of every 100 households in Amda in 2011, 22 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Amda · ■ Keshiary rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**67%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**20%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****85%**

**41%

Television ****10%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**24%

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 Amda?

■ Amda · ■ Keshiary rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.3%**

**76.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****790**

**955

Working population ****38.7%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.1% for men and 71.2% for women. 55% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 124 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 132 (34%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 62 (16%) · **■** Marginal 70 (18%)

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 Keshiary

- Ban Deuli1,024 people
- Phandar1,022 people
- Gila Gerya1,021 people
- Kanrarol1,018 people
- Uttardambur965 people
- Belma950 people
- Banchatul939 people
- Amra Tarya930 people

[All 220 villages in Keshiary](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshiary/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amda?1,011 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amda in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshiary sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amda?79.3% (Census 2011)