# Amira Village, Diamond Harbour - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Diamond Harbour - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Amira

Amira is a village in Diamond Harbour - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,388 people in 569 households**, the 26th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.2%.

- 2,388people (2011)
- 569households
- 80.9%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amira

Of every 100 households in Amira in 2011, 53 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Amira · ■ Diamond Harbour - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****51%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****49%**

**41%

Tap water ****2%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**6%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****25%**

**42%

Television ****27%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****48%**

**37%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Amira?

■ Amira · ■ Diamond Harbour - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.9%**

**77.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****886**

**937

Working population ****42.6%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.6% for men and 75.1% for women. 61% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 8 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 59 (6%) · **■** Household industry 42 (4%) · **■** Other work 375 (37%) · **■** Marginal 534 (52%)

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 - II

- Gondia Raghunathpur2,471 people
- Khandalia2,464 people
- Asurali2,455 people
- Jhinga2,393 people
- Murigachhi2,336 people
- Mukundapur2,209 people
- Pipulat2,195 people
- Kholakhali2,159 people

[All 91 villages in Diamond Harbour - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/diamond-harbour-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amira?2,388 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amira in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Diamond Harbour - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Amira?80.9% (Census 2011)