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Amba Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Amba is a medium size village located in Mayureswar - I Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 339 families residing. The Amba village has population of 1430 of which 715 are males while 715 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Amba village population of children with age 0-6 is 165 which makes up 11.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Amba village is 1000 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Amba as per census is 774, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Amba village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Amba village was 73.20 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Amba Male literacy stands at 82.32 % while female literacy rate was 64.39 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Amba village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Amba village.

Amba Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 339 - -
Population 1,430 715 715
Child (0-6) 165 93 72
Schedule Caste 778 382 396
Schedule Tribe 130 61 69
Literacy 73.20 % 82.32 % 64.39 %
Total Workers 556 387 169
Main Worker 303 - -
Marginal Worker 253 135 118

Caste Factor

In Amba village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 54.41 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 9.09 % of total population in Amba village.

Work Profile

In Amba village out of total population, 556 were engaged in work activities. 54.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 556 workers engaged in Main Work, 9 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 156 were Agricultural labourer.