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

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Akgerya

Akgerya is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **289 people in 54 households**, the 170th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 289people (2011)
- 54households
- 84.4%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Akgerya

Of every 100 households in Akgerya in 2011, 83 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Akgerya · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**94%

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

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

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

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****20%**

**43%

Television ****20%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Akgerya?

■ Akgerya · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.4%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1077**

**956

Working population ****41.5%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.6% for men and 75.4% for women. 66% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 4 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 33 (28%) · **■** Household industry 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 24 (20%) · **■** Marginal 57 (48%)

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

- Padmaput Chhakubanarbar311 people
- Kamarput303 people
- Ulu Bere294 people
- Kandarapur Sanniyasi Bar290 people
- Gobindapur287 people
- Hamirpur287 people
- Raktia286 people
- Murabania284 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 Akgerya?289 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Akgerya in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Akgerya?84.4% (Census 2011)