Amgechhya Population, Caste, Working Data Purba Medinipur, West Bengal - Census 2011

Amgechhya is a village situated in Nandigram - I block of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 1,047 families residing in the village Amgechhya. The total population of Amgechhya is 5,333 out of which 2,746 are males and 2,587 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Amgechhya is 942.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Amgechhya village is 670 which is 13% of the total population. There are 355 male children and 315 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Amgechhya is 887 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (942) of Amgechhya village.

Population
5,333
Families
1,047
Literacy
86.27%
Sex Ratio
942

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Amgechhya is 86.3%. Thus Amgechhya village has higher literacy rate compared to 77% of Purba Medinipur district. The male literacy rate is 91.38% and the female literacy rate is 80.9% in Amgechhya village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Amgechhya village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Amgechhya Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Amgechhya village.

Total Male Female
Children 670 355 315
Literacy 86.27% 91.38% 80.9%
Scheduled Caste 1,653 844 809
Scheduled Tribe 0 0 0
Illiterate 1,310 561 749

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0% of total population in Amgechhya village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Amgechhya village out of total population, 1,642 were engaged in work activities. 53.2% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.8% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1,642 workers engaged in Main Work, 68 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 313 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 873 828 45
Cultivators 68 67 1
Agriculture Labourer 313 306 7
Household Industries 131 128 3
Other Workers 361 327 34
Marginal Workers 769 590 179
Non Working 3,691 1,328 2,363

Nearby Villages to Amgechhya,

Below are the list of villages near Amgechhya village in Nandigram - I.

Village Population
Chhayghari 1,263
Raynagar 894
Daudpur 6,132
Jhatibani 357
Naynan 4,227
Maheshpur 1,514
Chandan Nagar 1,670
Parul Bari 1,718
Sultanpur 399
Gokul Nagar 7,213

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