# Akanda Village, Gazole, Maldah (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Akanda

Akanda is a village in Gazole sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,041 people in 246 households**, the 102nd largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 1,041people (2011)
- 246households
- 73.5%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Akanda

Of every 100 households in Akanda in 2011, 19 had electricity, 91 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Akanda · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****91%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**75%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**93%

Use banking services ****97%**

**33%

Television ****15%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**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 Akanda?

■ Akanda · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.5%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1447**

**979

Working population ****31.7%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.8% for men and 63.4% for women. 56% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 9 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 39 (12%) · **■** Household industry 5 (2%) · **■** Other work 271 (82%) · **■** Marginal 6 (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 Gazole

- Jamdanga1,084 people
- Baniyal1,075 people
- Bonordighi1,045 people
- Atila1,044 people
- Banshthupi1,029 people
- Puria1,023 people
- Kadamtali1,018 people
- Kastor989 people

[All 291 villages in Gazole](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/gazole/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Akanda?1,041 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Akanda in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Akanda?73.5% (Census 2011)