Amba
Kharagpur-I block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721301
· village code 341550
Population 2011
3,900
Census of India
Population 2020
4,214
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+8.1%
314 people · 0.9% a year
Households
872
+5.6% vs 826 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,900
Male / female
1,983 / 1,917
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
967
Children aged 0–6
517
Literacy rate
60.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
983 / 542
Working population
1,223
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
29.4%
Households
826
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
358
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
36
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
354
Non-farm households
518
Share of households farming, 2020
41%
Net sown area
7 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
7 / 2 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kalaikunda panchayat, Kharagpur-I 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
₹55.36 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.01 crore
Received directly
₹57,260
Spent
₹1.22 crore
Unspent at year end
₹35.02 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.02 lakh · received ₹41.47 lakh · spent ₹44.36 lakh · left ₹8.13 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹44.34 lakh · received ₹59.34 lakh · spent ₹77.36 lakh · left ₹26.89 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.3611, 87.1982 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Medinipur West district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur West ·
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