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

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Village · Mayureswar - II, Birbhum 

# Akulpur

Akulpur is a village in Mayureswar - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,522 people in 359 households**, the 21st largest of 125 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,522people (2011)
- 359households
- 75.8%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Akulpur

Of every 100 households in Akulpur in 2011, 70 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Akulpur · ■ Mayureswar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**18%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**90%

Use banking services ****41%**

**23%

Television ****44%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**41%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Akulpur?

■ Akulpur · ■ Mayureswar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.8%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1081**

**963

Working population ****47.4%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.1% for men and 68.9% for women. 67% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 153 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 81 (11%) · **■** Other work 198 (27%) · **■** Marginal 290 (40%)

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

- Kundala1,723 people
- Jhalka1,659 people
- Narayanghati1,651 people
- Daspalsa1,621 people
- Belera1,458 people
- Ramnagar1,446 people
- Radhanagar1,390 people
- Kaleswar1,333 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Akulpur?1,522 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Akulpur in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Akulpur?75.8% (Census 2011)