# Akna Village, Chinsurah - Magra, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Chinsurah - Magra, Hugli 

# Akna

Akna is a village in Chinsurah - Magra sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **571 people in 130 households**, the 42nd largest of 52 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 571people (2011)
- 130households
- 83.0%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Akna

Of every 100 households in Akna in 2011, 92 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 28 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 33 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Akna · ■ Chinsurah - Magra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**74%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**25%

Tap water ****37%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****28%**

**28%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****67%**

**51%

Use banking services ****70%**

**53%

Television ****72%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****33%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**13%

Own their home ****98%**

**89%

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 Akna?

■ Akna · ■ Chinsurah - Magra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.0%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****958**

**953

Working population ****40.3%**

**40.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.8% for men and 77.9% for women. 65% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 47 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (3%) · **■** Other work 110 (48%) · **■** Marginal 66 (29%)

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 Chinsurah - Magra

- Dahar Chaklai805 people
- Gaharpur787 people
- Mamudpur786 people
- Minajpur780 people
- Gannegar548 people
- Balagarh522 people
- Hediapota395 people
- Dadpur364 people

[All 52 villages in Chinsurah - Magra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/chinsurah-magra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Akna?571 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Akna in?Hugli district (Chinsurah - Magra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Akna?83.0% (Census 2011)