# Akarbad Village, Purulia - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Akarbad

Akarbad is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **689 people in 127 households**, the 74th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 689people (2011)
- 127households
- 55.8%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Akarbad

Of every 100 households in Akarbad in 2011, 36 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Akarbad · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**84%

Use banking services ****31%**

**44%

Television ****19%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**22%

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 Akarbad?

■ Akarbad · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.8%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****957**

**934

Working population ****44.6%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.2% for men and 47.3% for women. 47% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 167 (54%) · **■** Farm labourers 73 (24%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 47 (15%) · **■** Marginal 17 (6%)

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 Purulia - I

- Matkumdi745 people
- Phatepur736 people
- Ralibari735 people
- Keshargarya720 people
- Dulmi672 people
- Karamara664 people
- Uchali657 people
- Barakdi635 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Akarbad?689 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Akarbad in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Akarbad?55.8% (Census 2011)