Amkola Population, Caste, Working Data North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal - Census 2011

Amkola is a village situated in Gaighata block of North Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 801 families residing in the village Amkola. The total population of Amkola is 3,175 out of which 1,616 are males and 1,559 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Amkola is 965.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Amkola village is 269 which is 8% of the total population. There are 130 male children and 139 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Amkola is 1,069 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (965) of Amkola village.

Population
3,175
Families
801
Literacy
88.13%
Sex Ratio
965

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Amkola is 88.1%. Thus Amkola village has higher literacy rate compared to 76% of North Twenty Four Parganas district. The male literacy rate is 92.53% and the female literacy rate is 83.52% in Amkola village.

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

Amkola Data as per Census 2011

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

Total Male Female
Children 269 130 139
Literacy 88.13% 92.53% 83.52%
Scheduled Caste 517 262 255
Scheduled Tribe 5 3 2
Illiterate 614 241 373

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.3% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.2% of total population in Amkola village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Amkola village out of total population, 1,269 were engaged in work activities. 90.3% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.7% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1,269 workers engaged in Main Work, 60 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 189 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 1,146 934 212
Cultivators 60 51 9
Agriculture Labourer 189 187 2
Household Industries 163 63 100
Other Workers 734 633 101
Marginal Workers 123 62 61
Non Working 1,906 620 1,286

Nearby Villages to Amkola,

Below are the list of villages near Amkola village in Gaighata.

Village Population
Gaighata 3,878
Baghna 3,639
Rampur 6,936
Gopalpur 1,376
Rajapur 3,621
Charuigachhi 2,548
Tengra 2,654
Naigachhi 1,720
Chandigar 3,051
Shyampur Shripur 972

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