# Agneshwar Village, Diamond Harbour - II – Population

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Village · Diamond Harbour - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Agneshwar

Agneshwar is a village in Diamond Harbour - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,571 people in 312 households**, the 49th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.2%.

- 1,571people (2011)
- 312households
- 73.6%literacy
- 897females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Agneshwar

Of every 100 households in Agneshwar in 2011, 25 had electricity, 53 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Agneshwar · ■ Diamond Harbour - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****53%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**41%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**2%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**84%

Use banking services ****14%**

**42%

Television ****10%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****69%**

**37%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Agneshwar?

■ Agneshwar · ■ Diamond Harbour - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.6%**

**77.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****897**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1232**

**937

Working population ****31.6%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.2% for men and 65.8% for women. 54% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 8 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 35 (7%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 363 (73%) · **■** Marginal 85 (17%)

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 Diamond Harbour - II

- Nahanna1,675 people
- Hinchabaria1,645 people
- Chandabamuntala1,614 people
- Khordnahala1,608 people
- Dakshin Simulbaria1,554 people
- Dakshin Simla1,424 people
- Jiancha1,379 people
- Sriphalbaria1,379 people

[All 91 villages in Diamond Harbour - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/diamond-harbour-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Agneshwar?1,571 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Agneshwar in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Diamond Harbour - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Agneshwar?73.6% (Census 2011)