# Anikola Village, Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Anikola

Anikola is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,579 people in 373 households**, the 28th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 1,579people (2011)
- 373households
- 58.4%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Anikola

Of every 100 households in Anikola in 2011, 17 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Anikola · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**39%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**97%

Use banking services ****39%**

**62%

Television ****8%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**22%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Anikola?

■ Anikola · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.4%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****915**

**963

Working population ****33.2%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.9% for men and 48.7% for women. 53% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 96 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 45 (9%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 38 (7%) · **■** Marginal 343 (65%)

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 Dantan - I

- Bamanbirua1,658 people
- Antri1,613 people
- Gopinathpur1,584 people
- Maliara Sundarpur1,581 people
- Solpota1,578 people
- Krishnapur1,541 people
- Uchadiha1,428 people
- Pundra1,385 people

[All 198 villages in Dantan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Anikola?1,579 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Anikola in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Anikola?58.4% (Census 2011)