# Fakirtakia Village, Sandeshkhali - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sandeshkhali - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Fakirtakia

Fakirtakia is a village in Sandeshkhali - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **10,361 people in 2,142 households**, the 3rd largest of 30 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.1%.

- 10,361people (2011)
- 2,142households
- 66.7%literacy
- 989females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Fakirtakia

Of every 100 households in Fakirtakia in 2011, 14 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Fakirtakia · ■ Sandeshkhali - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****72%**

**64%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**31%

Tap water ****4%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**95%

Use banking services ****22%**

**32%

Television ****10%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****48%**

**48%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Fakirtakia?

■ Fakirtakia · ■ Sandeshkhali - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.7%**

**71.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****989**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****993**

**936

Working population ****32.1%**

**37.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.8% for men and 59.6% for women. 52% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 516 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,304 (39%) · **■** Household industry 40 (1%) · **■** Other work 945 (28%) · **■** Marginal 522 (16%)

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 Sandeshkhali - I

- Dashin Akhratala11,376 people
- Bayar Mari Abad11,030 people
- Baunia Abad10,028 people
- Laukhali Patharghata9,180 people
- Kalinagar8,679 people
- Agarhati6,889 people

[All 30 villages in Sandeshkhali - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/sandeshkhali-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Fakirtakia?10,361 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Fakirtakia in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Sandeshkhali - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Fakirtakia?66.7% (Census 2011)