# Amagara Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Amagara

Amagara is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **805 people in 161 households**, the 85th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 805people (2011)
- 161households
- 70.3%literacy
- 1,054females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amagara

Of every 100 households in Amagara in 2011, 9 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Amagara · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**5%

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

**0%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****36%**

**41%

Television ****7%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Amagara?

■ Amagara · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.3%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1054**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1079**

**957

Working population ****48.3%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.1% for men and 52.5% for women. 53% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 17 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 160 (41%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 44 (11%) · **■** Marginal 166 (43%)

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 Barabazar

- Arabad820 people
- Adabana819 people
- Bamanjora819 people
- Basudebpur813 people
- Panjanbera793 people
- Baistamdih788 people
- Gobindapur774 people
- Tasarbanki774 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amagara?805 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amagara in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amagara?70.3% (Census 2011)