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Amgechhya Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Amgechhya is a large village located in Nandigram - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 1047 families residing. The Amgechhya village has population of 5333 of which 2746 are males while 2587 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Amgechhya village population of children with age 0-6 is 670 which makes up 12.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Amgechhya village is 942 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Amgechhya as per census is 887, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Amgechhya village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Amgechhya village was 86.27 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Amgechhya Male literacy stands at 91.38 % while female literacy rate was 80.90 %.

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

Amgechhya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,047 - -
Population 5,333 2,746 2,587
Child (0-6) 670 355 315
Schedule Caste 1,653 844 809
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.27 % 91.38 % 80.90 %
Total Workers 1,642 1,418 224
Main Worker 873 - -
Marginal Worker 769 590 179

Caste Factor

Amgechhya village of Purba Medinipur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.00 % of total population in Amgechhya village. The village Amgechhya currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Amgechhya village out of total population, 1642 were engaged in work activities. 53.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1642 workers engaged in Main Work, 68 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 313 were Agricultural labourer.