# Adyakhanda Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Adyakhanda

Adyakhanda is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,228 people in 290 households**, the 46th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,228people (2011)
- 290households
- 56.5%literacy
- 1,030females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Adyakhanda

Of every 100 households in Adyakhanda in 2011, 0 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Adyakhanda · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**29%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****6%**

**18%

Television ****0%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Adyakhanda?

■ Adyakhanda · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.5%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1030**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1545**

**955

Working population ****47.7%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.4% for men and 48.4% for women. 61% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 206 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 124 (21%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 19 (3%) · **■** Marginal 232 (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 Kushmundi

- Krishnapur1,300 people
- Purbba Basail1,260 people
- Chakdhapara1,243 people
- Rasulpur1,230 people
- Shabdalpur1,227 people
- Sekendarpur1,223 people
- Dhakdhol1,219 people
- Mangalpur1,218 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Adyakhanda?1,228 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Adyakhanda in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Adyakhanda?56.5% (Census 2011)