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Akantu Population - Nagaon, Assam

Akantu is a medium size village located in Lanka Circle of Nagaon district, Assam with total 231 families residing. The Akantu village has population of 1417 of which 754 are males while 663 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Akantu village population of children with age 0-6 is 304 which makes up 21.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Akantu village is 879 which is lower than Assam state average of 958. Child Sex Ratio for the Akantu as per census is 831, lower than Assam average of 962.

Akantu village has higher literacy rate compared to Assam. In 2011, literacy rate of Akantu village was 73.41 % compared to 72.19 % of Assam. In Akantu Male literacy stands at 75.51 % while female literacy rate was 71.05 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Akantu 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 Akantu village.

Akantu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 231 - -
Population 1,417 754 663
Child (0-6) 304 166 138
Schedule Caste 52 28 24
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.41 % 75.51 % 71.05 %
Total Workers 291 273 18
Main Worker 234 - -
Marginal Worker 57 46 11

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.67 % of total population in Akantu village. The village Akantu currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Akantu village out of total population, 291 were engaged in work activities. 80.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 291 workers engaged in Main Work, 230 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.