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

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Village · Egra - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Akandi

Akandi is a village in Egra - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,142 people in 267 households**, the 42nd largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.8%.

- 1,142people (2011)
- 267households
- 82.8%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Akandi

Of every 100 households in Akandi in 2011, 40 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Akandi · ■ Egra - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**88%

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

**10%

Tap water ****5%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**40%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****38%**

**37%

Television ****17%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****21%**

**26%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Akandi?

■ Akandi · ■ Egra - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.8%**

**82.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1055**

**926

Working population ****42.6%**

**43.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.5% for men and 73.6% for women. 65% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 103 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 154 (32%) · **■** Household industry 33 (7%) · **■** Other work 26 (5%) · **■** Marginal 171 (35%)

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 Egra - I

- Ailan1,207 people
- Sindwria1,197 people
- Asda Dakshin1,194 people
- Shatkanai1,159 people
- Sannihari1,125 people
- Shikra Chakadei1,078 people
- Satkhanda1,074 people
- Bilbara1,057 people

[All 133 villages in Egra - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Akandi?1,142 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Akandi in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Akandi?82.8% (Census 2011)