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Amba Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Amba is a medium size village located in Khandaghosh Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 350 families residing. The Amba village has population of 1633 of which 844 are males while 789 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Amba village population of children with age 0-6 is 200 which makes up 12.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Amba village is 935 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Amba as per census is 980, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Amba village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Amba village was 71.81 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Amba Male literacy stands at 79.81 % while female literacy rate was 63.19 %.

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 350 - -
Population 1,633 844 789
Child (0-6) 200 101 99
Schedule Caste 871 453 418
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.81 % 79.81 % 63.19 %
Total Workers 606 568 38
Main Worker 520 - -
Marginal Worker 86 67 19

Caste Factor

In Amba village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 53.34 % of total population in Amba village. The village Amba currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Amba village out of total population, 606 were engaged in work activities. 85.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 606 workers engaged in Main Work, 118 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 332 were Agricultural labourer.