# Akandi Village, Contai - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Akandi

Akandi is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,068 people in 228 households**, the 49th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 94.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 1,068people (2011)
- 228households
- 94.7%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Akandi

Of every 100 households in Akandi in 2011, 67 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Akandi · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****67%**

**51%

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

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**15%

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

**2%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****32%**

**43%

Television ****26%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Akandi?

■ Akandi · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****94.7%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****945**

**956

Working population ****49.9%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.9% for men and 91.4% for women. 65% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 70 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 59 (11%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 149 (28%) · **■** Marginal 249 (47%)

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 Contai - I

- Pota Pokhuria Anantarautba1,103 people
- Kholanashwari1,082 people
- Syamrai Bar1,074 people
- Kanchra Gerya1,073 people
- Paschim Rasulpur1,063 people
- Betgerya1,055 people
- Gamartalia1,050 people
- Hari Pur1,050 people

[All 225 villages in Contai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Akandi?1,068 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Akandi in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Akandi?94.7% (Census 2011)