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

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Village · Sabang, Paschim Medinipur 

# Amda

Amda is a village in Sabang sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,250 people in 278 households**, the 67th largest of 226 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 95.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.8%.

- 1,250people (2011)
- 278households
- 95.5%literacy
- 987females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amda

Of every 100 households in Amda in 2011, 46 had electricity, 91 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Amda · ■ Sabang rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****91%**

**77%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

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

**16%

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

**1%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****36%**

**48%

Television ****7%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****0%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 · ■ Sabang rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****95.5%**

**86.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****966**

**952

Working population ****45.3%**

**59.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.1% for men and 92.9% for women. 61% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 243 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (3%) · **■** Other work 49 (9%) · **■** Marginal 257 (45%)

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 Sabang

- Krorda1,264 people
- Nona Madhabchak1,261 people
- Uchitpur1,254 people
- Dihi Badalpur1,253 people
- Katina1,242 people
- Uchitpur1,238 people
- Belki1,223 people
- Lakshya1,202 people

[All 232 villages in Sabang](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/sabang/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amda?1,250 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amda in?Paschim Medinipur district (Sabang sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amda?95.5% (Census 2011)