# Akandanga, Nakashipara, Nadia – Population & Literacy

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Village · Nakashipara, Nadia 

# Akandanga

Akandanga is a village in [Nakashipara](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/nakashipara/) sub-district of [Nadia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,800 people in 448 households**, the 70th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.7%.

- 1,800people (2011)
- 448households
- 54.7%literacy
- 1,018females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Akandanga

Of every 100 households in Akandanga in 2011, 16 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Akandanga · ■ Nakashipara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****59%**

**42%

Tap water ****31%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**63%

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

**3%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****27%**

**23%

Television ****8%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**39%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Akandanga?

■ Akandanga · ■ Nakashipara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.7%**

**62.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1018**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****856**

**968

Working population ****29.4%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.4% for men and 52.1% for women. 56% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 119 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 345 (65%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 37 (7%) · **■** Marginal 24 (5%)

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 Nakashipara

- Chaumoha2,123 people
- Chhota Simulia2,050 people
- Gobipur1,994 people
- Rari Para1,968 people
- Karkaria1,798 people
- Sultanpur1,733 people
- Miraipur1,666 people
- Bagunda1,628 people

[All 107 villages in Nakashipara](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/nakashipara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Akandanga?1,800 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Akandanga in?Nadia district (Nakashipara sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Akandanga?54.7% (Census 2011)