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Akandi Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Akandi is a medium size village located in Contai - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 228 families residing. The Akandi village has population of 1068 of which 546 are males while 522 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Akandi village population of children with age 0-6 is 142 which makes up 13.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Akandi village is 956 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Akandi as per census is 945, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Akandi village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Akandi village was 94.71 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Akandi Male literacy stands at 97.89 % while female literacy rate was 91.39 %.

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 228 - -
Population 1,068 546 522
Child (0-6) 142 73 69
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 94.71 % 97.89 % 91.39 %
Total Workers 533 357 176
Main Worker 284 - -
Marginal Worker 249 109 140

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Akandi village of Purba Medinipur district.

Work Profile

In Akandi village out of total population, 533 were engaged in work activities. 53.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 533 workers engaged in Main Work, 70 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 59 were Agricultural labourer.