Amba village
| Amba village Amba | |
|---|---|
| village | |
| Nickname(s): আম্বা | |
  Amba village   Amba village Location in West Bengal, India | |
| Coordinates: 23°58′59″N 87°46′00″E / 23.983000°N 87.7667000°ECoordinates: 23°58′59″N 87°46′00″E / 23.983000°N 87.7667000°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Rampurhat |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 731216 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bolpur |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Mayureswar |
| Website |
birbhum |
| CD Block =Mayureswar -I | |
Amba is a medium size village located in Mayureswar - I of Birbhum district, West Bengal. And it is proposed to merged with Mollarpur.
Demographics
Amba village ("আম্বা") is a village ( now ward / para) of Mollarpur. Amba is a mouza also. Here a primary school, an anganwari centre at Amba. It is Mollarpur III/XII.[1] There is a "Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram Hostel" near Amba at mollarpur beside Ramkrishna ashram.[2]
Census data
The Amba village is with total 339 families residing. The Amba village has population of 1430 of which 715 are males while 715 are females as per Population Census 2011. In Amba village population of children with age 0-6 is 165 which makes up 11.54% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Amba village is 1000 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Amba as per census is 774, lower than West Bengal average of 956. Amba village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Amba village was 73.20% compared to 76.26% of West Bengal. In Amba Male literacy stands at 82.32% while female literacy rate was 64.39%. As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Amba village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village.[3]