# Akhuar Village, Panskura, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur 

# Akhuar

Akhuar is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **348 people in 58 households**, the 213th largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 348people (2011)
- 58households
- 87.2%literacy
- 989females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Akhuar

Of every 100 households in Akhuar in 2011, 92 had electricity, 75 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Akhuar · ■ Panskura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****75%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****25%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**93%

Use banking services ****38%**

**36%

Television ****28%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**15%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Akhuar?

■ Akhuar · ■ Panskura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.2%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****989**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****833**

**949

Working population ****44.5%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.7% for men and 79.7% for women. 59% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 60 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 87 (56%) · **■** Marginal 6 (4%)

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 Panskura

- Paltaberya360 people
- Arangabar359 people
- Gobindapur353 people
- Kunarpur352 people
- Uttar Palsa320 people
- Jogibar309 people
- Baju295 people
- Chaulyakuri280 people

[All 230 villages in Panskura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/panskura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Akhuar?348 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Akhuar in?Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Akhuar?87.2% (Census 2011)