# Aktarpur Village, Bhagawanpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bhagawanpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Aktarpur

Aktarpur is a village in Bhagawanpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,799 people in 427 households**, the 40th largest of 164 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 94.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 88.4%.

- 1,799people (2011)
- 427households
- 94.0%literacy
- 886females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Aktarpur

Of every 100 households in Aktarpur in 2011, 44 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Aktarpur · ■ Bhagawanpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**87%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**10%

Tap water ****6%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****20%**

**38%

Television ****8%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****50%**

**33%

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 Aktarpur?

■ Aktarpur · ■ Bhagawanpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****94.0%**

**88.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****886**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****726**

**934

Working population ****38.6%**

**38.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.3% for men and 90.4% for women. 58% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 94 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 67 (10%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 79 (11%) · **■** Marginal 450 (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 Bhagawanpur - I

- Kishorpur1,894 people
- Nimak Bar1,853 people
- Bura Buri1,842 people
- Paschim Tan Guria1,820 people
- Kalur Bheri1,782 people
- Khajurari1,702 people
- Chara Bar1,681 people
- Dalbar1,659 people

[All 165 villages in Bhagawanpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/bhagawanpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Aktarpur?1,799 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Aktarpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Bhagawanpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Aktarpur?94.0% (Census 2011)