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

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Amchuria

Amchuria is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,151 people in 257 households**, the 46th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 1,151people (2011)
- 257households
- 63.3%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amchuria

Of every 100 households in Amchuria in 2011, 20 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Amchuria · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**8%

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

**3%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****87%**

**44%

Television ****12%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Amchuria?

■ Amchuria · ■ Purulia - I rural average

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

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1106**

**934

Working population ****41.6%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.1% for men and 46.6% for women. 54% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 20 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (3%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 35 (7%) · **■** Marginal 408 (85%)

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

- Sibdi1,214 people
- Bhadsa1,183 people
- Gobindpur1,174 people
- Satar1,157 people
- Kanali1,129 people
- Ketuabera1,121 people
- Patamputra1,110 people
- Buridi1,099 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amchuria?1,151 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amchuria in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amchuria?63.3% (Census 2011)