# Aknapur Village, Tarakeswar, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Tarakeswar, Hugli 

# Aknapur

Aknapur is a village in Tarakeswar sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,096 people in 523 households**, the 28th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.0%.

- 2,096people (2011)
- 523households
- 73.4%literacy
- 985females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Aknapur

Of every 100 households in Aknapur in 2011, 61 had electricity, 52 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Aknapur · ■ Tarakeswar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**73%

Toilet within the home ****52%**

**67%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**28%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****71%**

**80%

Use banking services ****75%**

**55%

Television ****28%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****15%**

**14%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Aknapur?

■ Aknapur · ■ Tarakeswar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.4%**

**80.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****985**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****938**

**949

Working population ****46.9%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.1% for men and 65.5% for women. 69% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 163 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 248 (25%) · **■** Household industry 23 (2%) · **■** Other work 233 (24%) · **■** Marginal 317 (32%)

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 Tarakeswar

- Madpur2,350 people
- Nachhipur2,307 people
- Makrar2,133 people
- Malpaharpur2,116 people
- Gauribati2,093 people
- Gure2,080 people
- Kanraria2,052 people
- Ketera2,012 people

[All 90 villages in Tarakeswar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/tarakeswar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Aknapur?2,096 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Aknapur in?Hugli district (Tarakeswar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Aknapur?73.4% (Census 2011)