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Akandi Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Akandi is a medium size village located in Sahid Matangini Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 361 families residing. The Akandi village has population of 1577 of which 827 are males while 750 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Akandi village population of children with age 0-6 is 159 which makes up 10.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Akandi village is 907 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Akandi as per census is 1065, 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 79.62 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Akandi Male literacy stands at 85.47 % while female literacy rate was 73.05 %.

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 361 - -
Population 1,577 827 750
Child (0-6) 159 77 82
Schedule Caste 305 149 156
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.62 % 85.47 % 73.05 %
Total Workers 605 514 91
Main Worker 347 - -
Marginal Worker 258 201 57

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.34 % 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, 605 were engaged in work activities. 57.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 605 workers engaged in Main Work, 44 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 43 were Agricultural labourer.