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Amghata Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Amghata is a medium size village located in Hura Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 89 families residing. The Amghata village has population of 479 of which 253 are males while 226 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Amghata village population of children with age 0-6 is 68 which makes up 14.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Amghata village is 893 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Amghata as per census is 744, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Amghata village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Amghata village was 79.08 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Amghata Male literacy stands at 92.52 % while female literacy rate was 64.47 %.

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

Amghata Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 89 - -
Population 479 253 226
Child (0-6) 68 39 29
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.08 % 92.52 % 64.47 %
Total Workers 276 137 139
Main Worker 88 - -
Marginal Worker 188 74 114

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Amghata village of Puruliya district.

Work Profile

In Amghata village out of total population, 276 were engaged in work activities. 31.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 68.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 276 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.