# Atkara Village, Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Atkara

Atkara is a village in Hemtabad sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,218 people in 249 households**, the 43rd largest of 114 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 1,218people (2011)
- 249households
- 64.1%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Atkara

Of every 100 households in Atkara in 2011, 31 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Atkara · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**78%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**67%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****14%**

**16%

Television ****10%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**27%

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 Atkara?

■ Atkara · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.1%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1235**

**955

Working population ****51.6%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.0% for men and 56.3% for women. 63% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 81 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 540 (86%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 4 (1%) · **■** Marginal 3 (0%)

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 Hemtabad

- Tilan1,323 people
- Raghugaon1,298 people
- Giashil1,282 people
- Baharail1,243 people
- Asmanhat1,208 people
- Balufara1,177 people
- Krishnabati1,148 people
- Darimanpur1,135 people

[All 116 villages in Hemtabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/hemtabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Atkara?1,218 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Atkara in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Hemtabad sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Atkara?64.1% (Census 2011)