# Amghata Village, Hura, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Hura, Puruliya 

# Amghata

Amghata is a village in Hura sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **479 people in 89 households**, the 86th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 479people (2011)
- 89households
- 79.1%literacy
- 893females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amghata

Of every 100 households in Amghata in 2011, 35 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Amghata · ■ Hura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**5%

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

**3%

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

**75%

Use banking services ****88%**

**41%

Television ****24%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**25%

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 Amghata?

■ Amghata · ■ Hura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.1%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****893**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****744**

**954

Working population ****57.6%**

**48.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.5% for men and 64.5% for women. 54% of men and 62% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 26 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (8%) · **■** Other work 40 (14%) · **■** Marginal 188 (68%)

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 Hura

- Chorgali547 people
- Kunardi541 people
- Satkalja533 people
- Jorberya530 people
- Shaldiha475 people
- Modandihi461 people
- Pirarlloa449 people
- Shyamnagar428 people

[All 116 villages in Hura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/hura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amghata?479 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amghata in?Puruliya district (Hura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amghata?79.1% (Census 2011)