# Aktail Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Aktail

Aktail is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **398 people in 86 households**, the 199th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 398people (2011)
- 86households
- 77.7%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Aktail

Of every 100 households in Aktail in 2011, 46 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Aktail · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****24%**

**26%

Television ****20%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**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 Aktail?

■ Aktail · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.7%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****842**

**954

Working population ****36.7%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.6% for men and 75.6% for women. 60% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 140 (96%) · **■** Other work 3 (2%) · **■** Marginal 3 (2%)

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

- Ghatul416 people
- Jobsa413 people
- Chak Nedair410 people
- Gobindapur403 people
- Uttar Gauripur393 people
- Gandihar392 people
- Dakshin Kesrail390 people
- Dhulahar387 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Aktail?398 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Aktail in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Aktail?77.7% (Census 2011)