# Akha Nagar Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Akha Nagar

Akha Nagar is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **887 people in 215 households**, the 90th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 887people (2011)
- 215households
- 68.0%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Akha Nagar

Of every 100 households in Akha Nagar in 2011, 10 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Akha Nagar · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****9%**

**26%

Television ****1%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Akha Nagar?

■ Akha Nagar · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.0%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****746**

**954

Working population ****37.9%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.4% for men and 61.1% for women. 58% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 102 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 100 (30%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 56 (17%) · **■** Marginal 75 (22%)

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 Tapan

- Bunail930 people
- Hosen Pur919 people
- Haribansipur900 people
- Halidana888 people
- Chandhati875 people
- Nodhan873 people
- Gopal Nagar870 people
- Saranjabari852 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Akha Nagar?887 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Akha Nagar in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Akha Nagar?68.0% (Census 2011)