# Akna Village, Mayureswar - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mayureswar - II, Birbhum 

# Akna

Akna is a village in Mayureswar - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **662 people in 163 households**, the 68th largest of 125 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 662people (2011)
- 163households
- 64.8%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Akna

Of every 100 households in Akna in 2011, 37 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Akna · ■ Mayureswar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**18%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**90%

Use banking services ****18%**

**23%

Television ****21%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**41%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Akna?

■ Akna · ■ Mayureswar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.8%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1024**

**963

Working population ****43.5%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.2% for men and 58.1% for women. 65% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 83 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 128 (44%) · **■** Other work 26 (9%) · **■** Marginal 51 (18%)

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 Mayureswar - II

- Kazipur689 people
- Naogaon680 people
- Kanchana679 people
- Lokpara676 people
- Bazarhat651 people
- Amchua648 people
- Paramtor619 people
- Dadpur613 people

[All 131 villages in Mayureswar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Akna?662 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Akna in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Akna?64.8% (Census 2011)