# Akandakeshari Village, Rajarhat – Population & Literacy

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Village · Rajarhat, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Akandakeshari

Akandakeshari is a village in Rajarhat sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,847 people in 626 households**, the 12th largest of 30 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.9%.

- 2,847people (2011)
- 626households
- 84.0%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Akandakeshari

Of every 100 households in Akandakeshari in 2011, 90 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 28 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Akandakeshari · ■ Rajarhat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**81%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**11%

Tap water ****3%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****74%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**68%

Use banking services ****45%**

**58%

Television ****68%**

**54%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**4%

Two-wheeler ****28%**

**19%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**6%

None of these assets ****6%**

**8%

Own their home ****99%**

**92%

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 Akandakeshari?

■ Akandakeshari · ■ Rajarhat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.0%**

**81.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****880**

**915

Working population ****31.2%**

**31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.6% for men and 76.3% for women. 58% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 76 (9%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 541 (61%) · **■** Marginal 267 (30%)

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 Rajarhat

- Mahammadpur4,141 people
- Sikharpur3,941 people
- Mobarekpur3,628 people
- Jagadishpur3,584 people
- Jamalpara2,694 people
- Dharsamoktarpur2,566 people
- Panapukuria2,522 people
- Chhapna2,519 people

[All 31 villages in Rajarhat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/rajarhat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Akandakeshari?2,847 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Akandakeshari in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Rajarhat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Akandakeshari?84.0% (Census 2011)