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Amchatar Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Amchatar is a medium size village located in Para Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 377 families residing. The Amchatar village has population of 1942 of which 992 are males while 950 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Amchatar village population of children with age 0-6 is 298 which makes up 15.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Amchatar village is 958 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Amchatar as per census is 974, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Amchatar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Amchatar village was 63.26 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Amchatar Male literacy stands at 78.95 % while female literacy rate was 46.82 %.

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

Amchatar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 377 - -
Population 1,942 992 950
Child (0-6) 298 151 147
Schedule Caste 1,330 668 662
Schedule Tribe 84 43 41
Literacy 63.26 % 78.95 % 46.82 %
Total Workers 529 500 29
Main Worker 191 - -
Marginal Worker 338 320 18

Caste Factor

In Amchatar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 68.49 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 4.33 % of total population in Amchatar village.

Work Profile

In Amchatar village out of total population, 529 were engaged in work activities. 36.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 529 workers engaged in Main Work, 19 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.