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

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Village · Keshiary, Paschim Medinipur 

# Amgerya

Amgerya is a village in Keshiary sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,335 people in 312 households**, the 29th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.8%.

- 1,335people (2011)
- 312households
- 81.9%literacy
- 993females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amgerya

Of every 100 households in Amgerya in 2011, 16 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Amgerya · ■ Keshiary rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**67%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**93%

Use banking services ****50%**

**41%

Television ****12%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**24%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Amgerya?

■ Amgerya · ■ Keshiary rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.9%**

**76.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****993**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****882**

**955

Working population ****43.4%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.6% for men and 74.2% for women. 60% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 41 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (1%) · **■** Household industry 14 (2%) · **■** Other work 97 (17%) · **■** Marginal 420 (72%)

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

- Hari Pura1,392 people
- Kiar Chandra1,370 people
- Baramara1,369 people
- Kan Pur1,359 people
- Napo1,316 people
- Dakshinadiha1,304 people
- Kanchanpur1,232 people
- Jatikrishnapur1,229 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amgerya?1,335 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amgerya in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshiary sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amgerya?81.9% (Census 2011)