# Ankro Village, Binpur - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Binpur - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Ankro

Ankro is a village in Binpur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **960 people in 208 households**, the 28th largest of 427 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.7%.

- 960people (2011)
- 208households
- 54.8%literacy
- 1,065females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ankro

Of every 100 households in Ankro in 2011, 0 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ankro · ■ Binpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**90%

Tap water ****2%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**19%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****4%**

**25%

Television ****0%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Ankro?

■ Ankro · ■ Binpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.8%**

**69.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1065**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1426**

**954

Working population ****59.2%**

**45.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.8% for men and 46.9% for women. 64% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 30 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 306 (54%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 9 (2%) · **■** Marginal 215 (38%)

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 Binpur - I

- Shirshi1,032 people
- Kurkutsol986 people
- Laghata969 people
- Kantapahari968 people
- Nepura951 people
- Dhamro933 people
- Chakchalta916 people
- Shutpipal914 people

[All 553 villages in Binpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/binpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ankro?960 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ankro in?Paschim Medinipur district (Binpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ankro?54.8% (Census 2011)