# Akahara Village, Jhalda - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Akahara

Akahara is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,009 people in 209 households**, the 41st largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 41.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 1,009people (2011)
- 209households
- 41.9%literacy
- 1,030females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Akahara

Of every 100 households in Akahara in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Akahara · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**93%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

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

**11%

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

**2%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****32%**

**39%

Television ****2%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Akahara?

■ Akahara · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****41.9%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1030**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****967**

**946

Working population ****38.0%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.2% for men and 26.4% for women. 54% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 93 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 27 (7%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 53 (14%) · **■** Marginal 209 (55%)

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 Jhalda - I

- Bansa1,101 people
- Pat Jhalda1,085 people
- Chatumghutu1,058 people
- Bandulahar1,043 people
- Chandamosina1,006 people
- Darpa992 people
- Ona966 people
- Mahatamara963 people

[All 142 villages in Jhalda - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Akahara?1,009 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Akahara in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Akahara?41.9% (Census 2011)