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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SAJAHAN MONDAL
Contact: 70****4553
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- LGD code
- 320944
- Pincode
- 713423
- Post office
- Sehara
- Population
- 1,633
- Households
- 350
- Literacy rate
- 63%
- Sex ratio
- 935 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 606
Census 2011 · in context
How Amba compares
By population, Amba ranks #37 of 111 villages in Khandaghosh mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.0%
−5.6% vs mandal average
- Amba
- 63.0%
- Khandaghosh mandal
- 68.6%
- Purba Bardhaman district
- 68.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
935
−15 vs mandal average
- Amba
- 935
- Khandaghosh mandal
- 950
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Amba
- 4.7
- Khandaghosh mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Amba at a glance
Amba is a village of 1,633 people in 350 households (Census 2011) in Khandaghosh block, Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal, the 37th-largest of 111 villages in Khandaghosh block. Literacy is 63%, 6 points below the block average of 69% and the sex ratio is 935 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 713423, served by Sehara post office; the LGD village code is 320944. The sarpanch is SAJAHAN MONDAL, and the village votes in Khandaghosh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nabin Chandra Bag. The population is estimated at 1,925 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kaiarh →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amba · this village | 1,633 | 63% | — |
| Guir · Khandaghosh | 4,044 | 70% | — |
| Kaiar · Khandaghosh | 2,732 | 67% | — |
| Bara Gopinathpur · Khandaghosh | 1,774 | 71% | — |
| Torkona · Khandaghosh | 1,400 | 77% | — |
| Shankarpur · Khandaghosh | 1,341 | 69% | — |
| Gopalpur · Khandaghosh | 943 | 74% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Amba
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 120.46
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 95.01
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Amba
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Amba
- LGD code
- 320944
- Pincode
- 713423
- Post office
- Sehara
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,633
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,925
- Households
- 350
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 935
- Literacy rate
- 63.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bishnupur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Khandaghosh
- Member of Parliament
- Saumitra Khan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Nabin Chandra Bag
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SAJAHAN MONDAL
- Block / Mandal
- Khandaghosh
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 713423
- Chhota BainanRaina - II mandal6,480 pop
- BonwaiKhandaghosh mandal4,054 pop
- GuirKhandaghosh mandal4,044 pop
- KeuntaRaina - II mandal3,918 pop
- ChagramKhandaghosh mandal3,138 pop
- KaiarKhandaghosh mandal2,732 pop
- KaitiRaina - II mandal2,644 pop
- BujrukdighiRaina - I mandal2,557 pop
- Chak ChandanRaina - II mandal2,490 pop
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Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Amba
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)