# Amgechhya Village, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tamluk, Purba Medinipur 

# Amgechhya

Amgechhya is a village in Tamluk sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,928 people in 408 households**, the 44th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.9%.

- 1,928people (2011)
- 408households
- 85.7%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amgechhya

Of every 100 households in Amgechhya in 2011, 64 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Amgechhya · ■ Tamluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****72%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**20%

Tap water ****30%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****28%**

**45%

Television ****25%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**20%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Amgechhya?

■ Amgechhya · ■ Tamluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.7%**

**86.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****965**

**972

Working population ****38.3%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.6% for men and 78.4% for women. 61% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 102 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 244 (33%) · **■** Household industry 49 (7%) · **■** Other work 161 (22%) · **■** Marginal 183 (25%)

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 Tamluk

- Hijalberya2,040 people
- Tulia Jadubar2,029 people
- Gaurangapur2,004 people
- Rasikpur1,981 people
- Shalikadhanichak1,919 people
- Kakgechhya1,909 people
- Payarchali1,903 people
- Uttar Sautanchak1,873 people

[All 99 villages in Tamluk](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/tamluk/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amgechhya?1,928 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amgechhya in?Purba Medinipur district (Tamluk sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amgechhya?85.7% (Census 2011)