# Amar Chak Village, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Amar Chak

Amar Chak is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,460 people in 288 households**, the 42nd largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 1,460people (2011)
- 288households
- 73.8%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amar Chak

Of every 100 households in Amar Chak in 2011, 14 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Amar Chak · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****33%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**56%

Tap water ****4%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**10%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****46%**

**58%

Television ****12%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**18%

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 Amar Chak?

■ Amar Chak · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.8%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****946**

**960

Working population ****34.3%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.3% for men and 66.9% for women. 63% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 160 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 112 (22%) · **■** Other work 27 (5%) · **■** Marginal 199 (40%)

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 Keshpur

- Got Gerya1,521 people
- Nagda1,487 people
- Enayat Pur1,478 people
- Konan1,468 people
- Kharika1,459 people
- Khetua1,455 people
- Pitambar Chak1,451 people
- Mamudpur1,438 people

[All 634 villages in Keshpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amar Chak?1,460 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amar Chak in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amar Chak?73.8% (Census 2011)