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Amar Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Amar is a medium size village located in Raiganj Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 270 families residing. The Amar village has population of 1416 of which 704 are males while 712 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Amar village population of children with age 0-6 is 292 which makes up 20.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Amar village is 1011 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Amar as per census is 1131, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Amar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Amar village was 58.90 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Amar Male literacy stands at 64.37 % while female literacy rate was 53.32 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Amar 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 Amar village.

Amar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 270 - -
Population 1,416 704 712
Child (0-6) 292 137 155
Schedule Caste 25 13 12
Schedule Tribe 547 272 275
Literacy 58.90 % 64.37 % 53.32 %
Total Workers 707 365 342
Main Worker 517 - -
Marginal Worker 190 38 152

Caste Factor

In Amar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 38.63 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.77 % of total population in Amar village.

Work Profile

In Amar village out of total population, 707 were engaged in work activities. 73.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 707 workers engaged in Main Work, 65 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 369 were Agricultural labourer.