# Adhia Village, Canning - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Canning - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Adhia

Adhia is a village in Canning - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,964 people in 645 households**, the 29th largest of 53 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.7%.

- 2,964people (2011)
- 645households
- 69.1%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Adhia

Of every 100 households in Adhia in 2011, 13 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Adhia · ■ Canning - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**58%

Tap water ****2%**

**3%

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

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**95%

Use banking services ****8%**

**20%

Television ****8%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****33%**

**38%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Adhia?

■ Adhia · ■ Canning - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.1%**

**65.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1080**

**950

Working population ****33.1%**

**34.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.8% for men and 59.1% for women. 53% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 98 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 173 (18%) · **■** Household industry 37 (4%) · **■** Other work 320 (33%) · **■** Marginal 352 (36%)

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 Canning - I

- Hatamari3,191 people
- Hincha Khali3,106 people
- Dabu3,036 people
- Amtala Bhadri3,000 people
- Narayangar2,922 people
- Ronia2,832 people
- Gobramari2,634 people
- Thakurani Baria2,495 people

[All 53 villages in Canning - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/canning-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Adhia?2,964 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Adhia in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Canning - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Adhia?69.1% (Census 2011)