# Amandi Village, Purulia - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Amandi

Amandi is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,058 people in 206 households**, the 51st largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 1,058people (2011)
- 206households
- 73.8%literacy
- 869females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amandi

Of every 100 households in Amandi in 2011, 43 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Amandi · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**31%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**84%

Use banking services ****64%**

**44%

Television ****22%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**22%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Amandi?

■ Amandi · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.8%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****869**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****955**

**934

Working population ****61.2%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.2% for men and 59.4% for women. 64% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 7 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 69 (11%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 49 (8%) · **■** Marginal 518 (80%)

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 Purulia - I

- Kanali1,129 people
- Ketuabera1,121 people
- Patamputra1,110 people
- Buridi1,099 people
- Gondhudi1,030 people
- Dumarsol1,027 people
- Shyamdasdi Alias Shyampur1,024 people
- Raybandh1,020 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amandi?1,058 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amandi in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amandi?73.8% (Census 2011)