# Ankro Village, Manbazar - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Manbazar - II, Puruliya 

# Ankro

Ankro is a village in Manbazar - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,581 people in 963 households**, the 1st largest of 124 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.3%.

- 4,581people (2011)
- 963households
- 65.4%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ankro

Of every 100 households in Ankro in 2011, 16 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ankro · ■ Manbazar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**96%

Tap water ****3%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**4%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**96%

Use banking services ****12%**

**20%

Television ****6%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Ankro?

■ Ankro · ■ Manbazar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.4%**

**60.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**985

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****744**

**949

Working population ****48.6%**

**53.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.7% for men and 50.5% for women. 58% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 354 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 402 (18%) · **■** Household industry 38 (2%) · **■** Other work 263 (12%) · **■** Marginal 1,168 (52%)

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 Manbazar - II

- Lakra2,474 people
- Dighi2,110 people
- Dangardi1,828 people
- Jamtaria1,813 people

[All 136 villages in Manbazar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/manbazar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ankro?4,581 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ankro in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ankro?65.4% (Census 2011)