# Achkoda Village, Neturia, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Neturia, Puruliya 

# Achkoda

Achkoda is a village in Neturia sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,178 people in 222 households**, the 21st largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 1,178people (2011)
- 222households
- 62.7%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Achkoda

Of every 100 households in Achkoda in 2011, 40 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Achkoda · ■ Neturia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**46%

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

**10%

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

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

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

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**66%

Use banking services ****44%**

**57%

Television ****22%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**16%

Own their home ****98%**

**94%

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 Achkoda?

■ Achkoda · ■ Neturia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.7%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1026**

**967

Working population ****52.5%**

**37.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.6% for men and 47.4% for women. 62% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 7 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 25 (4%) · **■** Other work 29 (5%) · **■** Marginal 557 (90%)

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 Neturia

- Naragarya1,365 people
- Puapur1,290 people
- Simuliya1,266 people
- Gunyara1,179 people
- Nituria1,144 people
- Bathanbari1,093 people
- Narayanpur1,080 people
- Hirakhun1,062 people

[All 123 villages in Neturia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/neturia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Achkoda?1,178 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Achkoda in?Puruliya district (Neturia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Achkoda?62.7% (Census 2011)