# Amarda Village, Mohanpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Mohanpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Amarda

Amarda is a village in Mohanpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,166 people in 280 households**, the 31st largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 80.5%.

- 1,166people (2011)
- 280households
- 83.9%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amarda

Of every 100 households in Amarda in 2011, 55 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Amarda · ■ Mohanpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**40%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****49%**

**43%

Television ****15%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Amarda?

■ Amarda · ■ Mohanpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.9%**

**80.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****694**

**946

Working population ****31.3%**

**34.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.8% for men and 76.7% for women. 58% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 144 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 67 (18%) · **■** Marginal 148 (41%)

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 Mohanpur

- Dantunia1,254 people
- Parai1,236 people
- Maishamunda1,195 people
- Sambag1,171 people
- Dhuipara1,162 people
- Singarui1,140 people
- Bilmadhia1,132 people
- Singas1,100 people

[All 103 villages in Mohanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/mohanpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amarda?1,166 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amarda in?Paschim Medinipur district (Mohanpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amarda?83.9% (Census 2011)