Amua
Sainthia block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731234
· village code 317227
Population 2011
4,398
Census of India
Population 2020
5,303
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+20.6%
905 people · 2.1% a year
Households
1,045
+9.1% vs 958 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,398
Male / female
2,253 / 2,145
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
952
Children aged 0–6
604
Literacy rate
56.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
689 / 402
Working population
1,654
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
35.8%
Households
958
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
312
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
52
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
491
Non-farm households
554
Share of households farming, 2020
47%
Net sown area
100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
100 / 35 / 6
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Horisara panchayat, Sainthia zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹53.82 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹65.00 lakh
Received directly
₹61,538
Spent
₹81.00 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹38.44 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.33 lakh · received ₹26.71 lakh · spent ₹35.38 lakh · left ₹14.28 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹31.49 lakh · received ₹38.29 lakh · spent ₹45.61 lakh · left ₹24.16 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.9831, 87.6822 —
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