# Ambi Village, Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Ambi

Ambi is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,306 people in 288 households**, the 38th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 1,306people (2011)
- 288households
- 82.8%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ambi

Of every 100 households in Ambi in 2011, 81 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ambi · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****81%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**18%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****59%**

**46%

Television ****15%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**0%

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

**30%

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 Ambi?

■ Ambi · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.8%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1154**

**932

Working population ****42.2%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.0% for men and 78.3% for women. 60% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 120 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 146 (26%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 54 (10%) · **■** Marginal 228 (41%)

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 Potashpur - I

- Gopalsingpur1,346 people
- Tapinda1,346 people
- Pal Para Bheri1,327 people
- Paharpur1,316 people
- Kalma Ghat1,290 people
- Sanya1,279 people
- Dhokra Banka1,272 people
- Mirjapur1,258 people

[All 139 villages in Potashpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ambi?1,306 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ambi in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ambi?82.8% (Census 2011)