Amjam Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Amjam is a medium size village located in Nayagram Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 112 families residing. The Amjam village has population of 502 of which 264 are males while 238 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Amjam village population of children with age 0-6 is 49 which makes up 9.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Amjam village is 902 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Amjam as per census is 885, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Amjam village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Amjam village was 60.71 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Amjam Male literacy stands at 70.17 % while female literacy rate was 50.23 %.

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

Amjam Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	112	-	-
Population	502	264	238
Child (0-6)	49	26	23
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	210	108	102
Literacy	60.71 %	70.17 %	50.23 %
Total Workers	267	164	103
Main Worker	101	-	-
Marginal Worker	166	71	95

Caste Factor

In Amjam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 41.83 % of total population in Amjam village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Amjam village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Amjam village out of total population, 267 were engaged in work activities. 37.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 62.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 267 workers engaged in Main Work, 54 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.