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Akandi Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Akandi is a medium size village located in Egra - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 267 families residing. The Akandi village has population of 1142 of which 584 are males while 558 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Akandi village population of children with age 0-6 is 113 which makes up 9.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Akandi village is 955 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Akandi as per census is 1055, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Akandi village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Akandi village was 82.80 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Akandi Male literacy stands at 91.49 % while female literacy rate was 73.60 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Akandi village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Akandi village.

Akandi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 267 - -
Population 1,142 584 558
Child (0-6) 113 55 58
Schedule Caste 191 94 97
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.80 % 91.49 % 73.60 %
Total Workers 487 378 109
Main Worker 316 - -
Marginal Worker 171 117 54

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.73 % of total population in Akandi village. The village Akandi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Akandi village out of total population, 487 were engaged in work activities. 64.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 487 workers engaged in Main Work, 103 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 154 were Agricultural labourer.