# Akanda Baria Village, Kaliachak - III, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliachak - III, Maldah 

# Akanda Baria

Akanda Baria is a village in Kaliachak - III sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,651 people in 371 households**, the 43rd largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 53.7%.

- 1,651people (2011)
- 371households
- 55.2%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Akanda Baria

Of every 100 households in Akanda Baria in 2011, 21 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Akanda Baria · ■ Kaliachak - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**79%

Tap water ****10%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**48%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****72%**

**90%

Use banking services ****16%**

**22%

Television ****7%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**43%

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 Baria?

■ Akanda Baria · ■ Kaliachak - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.2%**

**53.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****898**

**967

Working population ****48.0%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.0% for men and 49.4% for women. 54% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 76 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 253 (32%) · **■** Household industry 133 (17%) · **■** Other work 48 (6%) · **■** Marginal 282 (36%)

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 Kaliachak - III

- Chak Domai2,108 people
- Par Anantapur2,096 people
- Debidaspur2,087 people
- Kazichak1,846 people
- Chaklalu1,627 people
- Uzirpur1,315 people
- Sultanpur1,277 people
- Niyogi Nagar1,274 people

[All 73 villages in Kaliachak - III](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/kaliachak-iii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Akanda Baria?1,651 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Akanda Baria in?Maldah district (Kaliachak - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Akanda Baria?55.2% (Census 2011)