Village · Kanksa, Barddhaman
# Akandara

Akandara is a village in Kanksa sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 2,051 people in 462 households, the 15th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.5%.
- 2,051 people (2011)
- 462 households
- 70.1% literacy
- 875 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Akandara

Of every 100 households in Akandara in 2011, 47 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Akandara · ■ Kanksa rural average
- Electricity for lighting 47% 52%
- Toilet within the home 50% 31%
- No toilet (open defecation) 50% 68%
- Tap water 4% 15%
- Drinking water within premises 41% 38%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 4% 8%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 85% 70%
- Use banking services 66% 68%
- Television 24% 31%
- Mobile phone 38% 44%
- Computer with internet 1% 0%
- Two-wheeler 11% 12%
- Car / jeep / van 3% 2%
- None of these assets 21% 18%
- Own their home 96% 96%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Akandara?

■ Akandara · ■ Kanksa rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 70.1% 72.5%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 875 947
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 797 976
- Working population 43.5% 45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.5% for men and 60.7% for women. 60% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 78 (9%) · ■ Farm labourers 61 (7%) · ■ Household industry 9 (1%) · ■ Other work 173 (19%) · ■ Marginal 571 (64%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Kanksa
- Malandighi 2,590 people
- Napara 2,512 people
- Gangbil 2,435 people
- Bandra 2,240 people
- Domra 2,035 people
- Ayma Biswanathpur 1,971 people
- Tilakchandrapur 1,970 people
- Sibpur 1,953 people

All 82 villages in Kanksa

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Akandara? 2,051 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Akandara in? Barddhaman district (Kanksa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Akandara? 70.1% (Census 2011)

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