Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur
# Akchha

Akchha is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 905 people in 178 households, the 88th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.
- 905 people (2011)
- 178 households
- 69.6% literacy
- 1,052 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Akchha

Of every 100 households in Akchha in 2011, 2 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Akchha · ■ Gangarampur rural average
- Electricity for lighting 2% 38%
- Toilet within the home 1% 28%
- No toilet (open defecation) 99% 70%
- Tap water 1% 7%
- Drinking water within premises 44% 32%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 95%
- Use banking services 10% 27%
- Television 11% 17%
- Mobile phone 19% 29%
- Computer with internet 1% 0%
- Two-wheeler 2% 2%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 26% 37%
- Own their home 100% 97%

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

## What is the population of Akchha?

■ Akchha · ■ Gangarampur rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 69.6% 71.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1052 932
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1088 936
- Working population 46.5% 40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.8% for men and 58.0% for women. 57% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 181 (43%) · ■ Farm labourers 119 (28%) · ■ Household industry 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 30 (7%) · ■ Marginal 90 (21%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Gangarampur
- Amgaon 919 people
- Tousi 918 people
- Bhadra 914 people
- Tetrail 912 people
- Ausa 892 people
- Kantaban 887 people
- Damodarpur 873 people
- Chak Shibpur 847 people

All 202 villages in Gangarampur

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Akchha? 905 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Akchha in? Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Akchha? 69.6% (Census 2011)

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