# Aknagere Village, Pingla, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Aknagere

Aknagere is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **538 people in 114 households**, the 112th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 538people (2011)
- 114households
- 82.0%literacy
- 875females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Aknagere

Of every 100 households in Aknagere in 2011, 75 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Aknagere · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****75%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**32%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**20%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****11%**

**60%

Television ****26%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****17%**

**18%

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 Aknagere?

■ Aknagere · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.0%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****875**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****610**

**942

Working population ****55.9%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.6% for men and 74.8% for women. 64% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 98 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 32 (11%) · **■** Other work 24 (8%) · **■** Marginal 147 (49%)

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 Pingla

- Brahman Bar548 people
- Gangadaspur546 people
- Paikchak540 people
- Dhaneshwarpur Uttar Bar539 people
- Raut Chak534 people
- Mallarpur532 people
- Gangadas Chak508 people
- Boalia485 people

[All 182 villages in Pingla](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/pingla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Aknagere?538 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Aknagere in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Aknagere?82.0% (Census 2011)