# Atkaria Village, Basirhat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basirhat - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Atkaria

Atkaria is a village in Basirhat - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,368 people in 313 households**, the 40th largest of 59 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.1%.

- 1,368people (2011)
- 313households
- 65.6%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Atkaria

Of every 100 households in Atkaria in 2011, 46 had electricity, 73 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Atkaria · ■ Basirhat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****73%**

**70%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**25%

Tap water ****90%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**19%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**91%

Use banking services ****40%**

**29%

Television ****7%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****28%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Atkaria?

■ Atkaria · ■ Basirhat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.6%**

**72.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****882**

**953

Working population ****33.3%**

**36.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.7% for men and 64.3% for women. 61% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 90 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 88 (19%) · **■** Household industry 12 (3%) · **■** Other work 112 (25%) · **■** Marginal 154 (34%)

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 Basirhat - I

- Dakshin Gulaichandi1,581 people
- Jirakpur1,580 people
- Dakshin Bagundi1,506 people
- Gachharati1,450 people
- Kathari1,302 people
- Ramnagar1,300 people
- Byang Pukuria1,117 people
- Subidpur1,037 people

[All 60 villages in Basirhat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/basirhat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Atkaria?1,368 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Atkaria in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Basirhat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Atkaria?65.6% (Census 2011)