# Athara Beki Village, Canning - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Canning - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Athara Beki

Athara Beki is a village in Canning - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **13,503 people in 2,488 households**, the 4th largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 13,503people (2011)
- 2,488households
- 55.6%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Athara Beki

Of every 100 households in Athara Beki in 2011, 9 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Athara Beki · ■ Canning - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**57%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**41%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**6%

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

**0%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****12%**

**12%

Television ****2%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****54%**

**47%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Athara Beki?

■ Athara Beki · ■ Canning - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.6%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****927**

**961

Working population ****31.2%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.2% for men and 50.8% for women. 48% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 408 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,612 (38%) · **■** Household industry 116 (3%) · **■** Other work 842 (20%) · **■** Marginal 1,230 (29%)

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 - II

- Kalikatala17,598 people
- Jogendra Nagar15,112 people
- Mather Dighi13,524 people
- Saranger Abad12,299 people
- Daharani11,231 people
- Nagartala10,419 people
- Narayanpur9,468 people

[All 61 villages in Canning - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/canning-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Athara Beki?13,503 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Athara Beki in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Canning - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Athara Beki?55.6% (Census 2011)