# Amedpur Village, Egra - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Amedpur

Amedpur is a village in Egra - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **903 people in 206 households**, the 58th largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 82.8%.

- 903people (2011)
- 206households
- 79.7%literacy
- 885females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amedpur

Of every 100 households in Amedpur in 2011, 26 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Amedpur · ■ Egra - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****78%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**10%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**40%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****34%**

**37%

Television ****11%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****42%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Amedpur?

■ Amedpur · ■ Egra - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.7%**

**82.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****885**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****870**

**926

Working population ****55.9%**

**43.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.6% for men and 68.4% for women. 70% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 157 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 73 (14%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 47 (9%) · **■** Marginal 224 (44%)

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 Egra - I

- Tahalia944 people
- Dhusarda940 people
- Aruyan934 people
- Kain Thor911 people
- Bilchaulda895 people
- Malida867 people
- Naraharipur865 people
- Alipur850 people

[All 133 villages in Egra - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amedpur?903 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amedpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amedpur?79.7% (Census 2011)