# Ambalhara Village, Diamond Harbour - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Diamond Harbour - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Ambalhara

Ambalhara is a village in Diamond Harbour - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,855 people in 425 households**, the 30th largest of 67 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 1,855people (2011)
- 425households
- 75.0%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ambalhara

Of every 100 households in Ambalhara in 2011, 16 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ambalhara · ■ Diamond Harbour - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****35%**

**40%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**1%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**90%

Use banking services ****23%**

**34%

Television ****16%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****55%**

**44%

Own their home ****95%**

**97%

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 Ambalhara?

■ Ambalhara · ■ Diamond Harbour - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.0%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****826**

**977

Working population ****41.9%**

**33.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.6% for men and 67.3% for women. 62% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 56 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 277 (36%) · **■** Household industry 64 (8%) · **■** Other work 326 (42%) · **■** Marginal 54 (7%)

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 Diamond Harbour - I

- Joktabala2,012 people
- Dakshin Diarak1,953 people
- Baria1,893 people
- Sultanbaga1,870 people
- Dagira1,841 people
- Nudia1,838 people
- Parulia1,825 people
- Purba Durgapur1,784 people

[All 68 villages in Diamond Harbour - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/diamond-harbour-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ambalhara?1,855 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ambalhara in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Diamond Harbour - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ambalhara?75.0% (Census 2011)