# Amrabera Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Amrabera

Amrabera is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,603 people in 306 households**, the 20th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 1,603people (2011)
- 306households
- 69.7%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amrabera

Of every 100 households in Amrabera in 2011, 12 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Amrabera · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**5%

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

**0%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****30%**

**41%

Television ****3%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**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 Amrabera?

■ Amrabera · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.7%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****947**

**957

Working population ****61.4%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.2% for men and 52.7% for women. 64% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 200 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (2%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 69 (7%) · **■** Marginal 690 (70%)

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

- Banduan1,688 people
- Tuima1,666 people
- Dhadanga1,614 people
- Gokulnagar1,608 people
- Sarberia1,599 people
- Parsa1,596 people
- Laka1,589 people
- Durku1,564 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amrabera?1,603 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amrabera in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amrabera?69.7% (Census 2011)