# Achintya Nagar Village, Patharpratima – Population & Literacy

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Village · Patharpratima, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Achintya Nagar

Achintya Nagar is a village in Patharpratima sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,181 people in 1,323 households**, the 10th largest of 87 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 6,181people (2011)
- 1,323households
- 80.3%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Achintya Nagar

Of every 100 households in Achintya Nagar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Achintya Nagar · ■ Patharpratima rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****57%**

**40%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**1%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****74%**

**45%

Television ****15%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**36%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Achintya Nagar?

■ Achintya Nagar · ■ Patharpratima rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.3%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1121**

**965

Working population ****41.8%**

**42.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.0% for men and 72.4% for women. 58% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 171 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 298 (12%) · **■** Household industry 12 (0%) · **■** Other work 266 (10%) · **■** Marginal 1,836 (71%)

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 Patharpratima

- Digambarpur6,577 people
- Paschim Surendra Nagar6,378 people
- Paschim Sripatinagar6,342 people
- Gobindapur Abad6,226 people
- Rakhalpur6,076 people
- Dakshin Shibganj5,828 people
- Dakshin Durgapur5,722 people
- Sibnagar5,666 people

[All 92 villages in Patharpratima](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/patharpratima/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Achintya Nagar?6,181 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Achintya Nagar in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Patharpratima sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Achintya Nagar?80.3% (Census 2011)