# Ambikanagar Village, Kultali – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kultali, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Ambikanagar

Ambikanagar is a village in Kultali sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **701 people in 126 households**, the 42nd largest of 43 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.4%.

- 701people (2011)
- 126households
- 60.7%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ambikanagar

Of every 100 households in Ambikanagar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ambikanagar · ■ Kultali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**6%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**1%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****1%**

**24%

Television ****0%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****73%**

**41%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Ambikanagar?

■ Ambikanagar · ■ Kultali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.7%**

**69.4%

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

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1054**

**977

Working population ****39.8%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.2% for men and 48.3% for women. 54% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 29 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 135 (48%) · **■** Household industry 65 (23%) · **■** Other work 10 (4%) · **■** Marginal 40 (14%)

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 Kultali

- Balaharania1,363 people
- Gangadharpur1,080 people
- Bhubaneshwari Char1,011 people
- Pachua Khali710 people
- Andharia646 people

[All 46 villages in Kultali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/kultali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ambikanagar?701 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ambikanagar in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Kultali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ambikanagar?60.7% (Census 2011)