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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Akcha

Akcha is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **711 people in 147 households**, the 110th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 44.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 711people (2011)
- 147households
- 44.9%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Akcha

Of every 100 households in Akcha in 2011, 0 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Akcha · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**81%

Tap water ****27%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****37%**

**18%

Television ****1%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****1%**

**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 Akcha?

■ Akcha · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****44.9%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****811**

**955

Working population ****31.5%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 49.5% for men and 40.1% for women. 60% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 186 (83%) · **■** Other work 15 (7%) · **■** Marginal 23 (10%)

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

- Acharul729 people
- Bhajna729 people
- Deulbari715 people
- Banshbari713 people
- Baraidanga704 people
- Serpur692 people
- Choragachhi691 people
- Kalikamora681 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Akcha?711 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Akcha in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Akcha?44.9% (Census 2011)