# Amda Bad Village, Nandigram - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Nandigram - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Amda Bad

Amda Bad is a village in Nandigram - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **10,833 people in 2,347 households**, the 1st largest of 40 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.1%.

- 10,833people (2011)
- 2,347households
- 88.7%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amda Bad

Of every 100 households in Amda Bad in 2011, 31 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Amda Bad · ■ Nandigram - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**94%

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

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

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

**1%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****37%**

**40%

Television ****11%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**23%

Own their home ****92%**

**96%

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 Bad?

■ Amda Bad · ■ Nandigram - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.7%**

**89.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1045**

**933

Working population ****32.4%**

**34.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.9% for men and 84.2% for women. 55% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 467 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 714 (20%) · **■** Household industry 22 (1%) · **■** Other work 620 (18%) · **■** Marginal 1,687 (48%)

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 Nandigram - II

- Kamalpur7,815 people
- Khodambari7,359 people
- Ghol Pukurya7,053 people
- Birulia6,744 people

[All 40 villages in Nandigram - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nandigram-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amda Bad?10,833 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amda Bad in?Purba Medinipur district (Nandigram - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amda Bad?88.7% (Census 2011)