# Purba Amarshi Village, Potashpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Purba Amarshi

Purba Amarshi is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,175 people in 527 households**, the 21st largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 2,175people (2011)
- 527households
- 82.7%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Amarshi

Of every 100 households in Purba Amarshi in 2011, 21 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purba Amarshi · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**18%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****61%**

**95%

Use banking services ****26%**

**46%

Television ****8%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****45%**

**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 Purba Amarshi?

■ Purba Amarshi · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.7%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****903**

**932

Working population ****35.5%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.0% for men and 73.7% for women. 61% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 149 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 140 (18%) · **■** Household industry 40 (5%) · **■** Other work 54 (7%) · **■** Marginal 389 (50%)

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

- Shyam Khola2,497 people
- Goyalda2,318 people
- Makrampur2,293 people
- Kharan2,198 people
- Bhagabanpur2,105 people
- Saridaspur2,101 people
- Padima1,879 people
- Shoula Bheri1,856 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 Purba Amarshi?2,175 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Amarshi in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Amarshi?82.7% (Census 2011)