# Amchatar Village, Para, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Para, Puruliya 

# Amchatar

Amchatar is a village in Para sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,942 people in 377 households**, the 29th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 1,942people (2011)
- 377households
- 63.3%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amchatar

Of every 100 households in Amchatar in 2011, 15 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Amchatar · ■ Para rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**92%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**79%

Use banking services ****31%**

**47%

Television ****11%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**20%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Amchatar?

■ Amchatar · ■ Para rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.3%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****974**

**968

Working population ****27.2%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.0% for men and 46.8% for women. 50% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 19 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (2%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 163 (31%) · **■** Marginal 338 (64%)

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 Para

- Kaliasota2,034 people
- Nadiha2,029 people
- Ranipur1,991 people
- Bhanuridi1,966 people
- Gurguria1,941 people
- Rautara1,870 people
- Parasiri1,837 people
- Ramkrishnapur alias Nutandi1,821 people

[All 132 villages in Para](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/para/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amchatar?1,942 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amchatar in?Puruliya district (Para sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amchatar?63.3% (Census 2011)