# Akshyanagar Village, Kakdwip – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kakdwip, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Akshyanagar

Akshyanagar is a village in Kakdwip sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **18,883 people in 3,972 households**, the 4th largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 18,883people (2011)
- 3,972households
- 79.8%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Akshyanagar

Of every 100 households in Akshyanagar in 2011, 67 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Akshyanagar · ■ Kakdwip rural average

Electricity for lighting ****67%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****85%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**39%

Tap water ****21%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**89%

Use banking services ****47%**

**35%

Television ****38%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****20%**

**34%

Own their home ****86%**

**91%

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 Akshyanagar?

■ Akshyanagar · ■ Kakdwip rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.8%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****946**

**976

Working population ****35.7%**

**35.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.6% for men and 73.5% for women. 58% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 317 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 159 (2%) · **■** Household industry 78 (1%) · **■** Other work 3,863 (57%) · **■** Marginal 2,332 (35%)

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 Kakdwip

- Ganespur32,932 people
- Kalinagar28,669 people
- Kakdwip19,368 people
- Srinagar10,959 people
- Ramchandranagar10,396 people
- Kasinagar10,356 people
- Sitarampur10,244 people

[All 39 villages in Kakdwip](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/kakdwip/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Akshyanagar?18,883 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Akshyanagar in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Kakdwip sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Akshyanagar?79.8% (Census 2011)