Amba, Birbhum


Amba is a village in Mayureswar I CD Block in Rampurhat subdivision of Birbhum district, West Bengal, India.
Amba is a ward of Mollarpur and also a mouza. Here a primary school, an anganwari centre at Amba. It is Mollarpur III/XII.
There is a Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram Hostel near Amba at mollarpur beside Ramkrishna ashram.
It is under Mollarpur police station.

Census data

At the 2011 Census, Amba village had 339 families and a population of 1430 of which 715 were males while 715 were females
In Amba village population of children with age 0-6 was 165 which makes up 11.54% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Amba village was 1000 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Amba as per census was 774, lower than West Bengal average of 956.
Amba village had a 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 who is elected representative of village.