# Akhrasol Village, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Akhrasol

Akhrasol is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **611 people in 123 households**, the 63rd largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 611people (2011)
- 123households
- 80.0%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Akhrasol

Of every 100 households in Akhrasol in 2011, 22 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 4 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Akhrasol · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**86%

Tap water ****34%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**30%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****77%**

**34%

Television ****0%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Akhrasol?

■ Akhrasol · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.0%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****705**

**979

Working population ****53.7%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.7% for men and 74.4% for women. 54% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 15 (5%) · **■** Marginal 312 (95%)

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 Jhargram

- Shirshi630 people
- Simli628 people
- Dihi Badina615 people
- Jorakhali615 people
- Jarula609 people
- Baida601 people
- Bara Gahira601 people
- Indrabani592 people

[All 604 villages in Jhargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jhargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Akhrasol?611 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Akhrasol in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Akhrasol?80.0% (Census 2011)