Village · Nandigram - I, Purba Medinipur
# Amtalya

Amtalya is a village in Nandigram - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,747 people in 372 households, the 41st largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.8%.
- 1,747 people (2011)
- 372 households
- 84.5% literacy
- 965 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amtalya

Of every 100 households in Amtalya in 2011, 62 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Amtalya · ■ Nandigram - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 62% 34%
- Toilet within the home 95% 86%
- No toilet (open defecation) 5% 11%
- Tap water 1% 6%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 2%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 2% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 97% 92%
- Use banking services 16% 31%
- Television 10% 10%
- Mobile phone 19% 37%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 1% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 42% 32%
- Own their home 99% 96%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Amtalya?

■ Amtalya · ■ Nandigram - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 84.5% 84.8%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 965 945
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 972 922
- Working population 32.6% 31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.2% for men and 79.5% for women. 55% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 48 (8%) · ■ Farm labourers 174 (31%) · ■ Other work 102 (18%) · ■ Marginal 245 (43%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Nandigram - I
- Jalpai Part V 1,809 people
- Habibpur 1,772 people
- Mann Chak Jalpai 1,769 people
- Brindaban Chak 1,757 people
- Parul Bari 1,718 people
- Banasri Gauri 1,696 people
- Chandan Nagar 1,670 people
- Dijamtalya 1,660 people

All 98 villages in Nandigram - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Amtalya? 1,747 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amtalya in? Purba Medinipur district (Nandigram - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amtalya? 84.5% (Census 2011)

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