# Amjam Village, Nayagram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Nayagram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Amjam

Amjam is a village in Nayagram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **502 people in 112 households**, the 99th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.7%.

- 502people (2011)
- 112households
- 60.7%literacy
- 902females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amjam

Of every 100 households in Amjam in 2011, 50 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Amjam · ■ Nayagram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**20%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****3%**

**18%

Television ****12%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**18%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**0%

None of these assets ****10%**

**21%

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 Amjam?

■ Amjam · ■ Nayagram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.7%**

**63.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****902**

**988

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****885**

**963

Working population ****53.2%**

**49.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.2% for men and 50.2% for women. 62% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 54 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (3%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 38 (14%) · **■** Marginal 166 (62%)

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 Nayagram

- Kashia519 people
- Nekra Sol511 people
- Dihikhelar509 people
- Chilki Pada503 people
- Biriberia501 people
- Bans Pat496 people
- Baratalpada496 people
- Ram Chandra Pur496 people

[All 336 villages in Nayagram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/nayagram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amjam?502 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amjam in?Paschim Medinipur district (Nayagram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amjam?60.7% (Census 2011)