# Akhra Shal Village, Patrasayer, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Patrasayer, Bankura 

# Akhra Shal

Akhra Shal is a village in Patrasayer sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,672 people in 379 households**, the 32nd largest of 151 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.

- 1,672people (2011)
- 379households
- 72.7%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Akhra Shal

Of every 100 households in Akhra Shal in 2011, 34 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Akhra Shal · ■ Patrasayer rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**78%

Tap water ****1%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****59%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**81%

Use banking services ****66%**

**44%

Television ****18%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**19%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Akhra Shal?

■ Akhra Shal · ■ Patrasayer rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.7%**

**64.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1049**

**946

Working population ****41.6%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.0% for men and 61.6% for women. 65% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 341 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 203 (29%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 90 (13%) · **■** Marginal 59 (8%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Patrasayer

- Padua1,813 people
- Mahesnandi1,782 people
- Pan Pushkarini1,762 people
- Nabakishor1,734 people
- Salkhara1,630 people
- Mancha1,605 people
- Talsagara1,577 people
- Naricha1,531 people

[All 160 villages in Patrasayer](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/patrasayer/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Akhra Shal?1,672 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Akhra Shal in?Bankura district (Patrasayer sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Akhra Shal?72.7% (Census 2011)