Village · Port Blair, South Andaman
# Lakshmanpur

Lakshmanpur is a village in Port Blair sub-district of South Andaman district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The 2011 Census counted 382 people in 84 households, the 21st largest of 30 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.8%.
- 382 people (2011)
- 84 households
- 86.7% literacy
- 1,146 females per 1,000 males

## Lakshmanpur PIN code and other codes

Lakshmanpur falls in Port Blair sub-district, South Andaman district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- Gram panchayat Neil Kendra
- Community development block Prothrapur
- Census village code 645525

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Lakshmanpur from nearby towns?
- Port Blair (sub-district HQ) 35 km by road
- Port Blair (district HQ) 35 km by road
- 'Port Blair (nearest town) 35 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Lakshmanpur?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Lakshmanpur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Pre-primary school In village · 2 govt
- ● Primary school In village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ● Middle school In village · 2 govt
- ● Secondary school In village · 2 govt
- ● Senior secondary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Public bus service In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● Sports field In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Port Blair
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Port Blair
- ○ Primary health centre under 5 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Post office under 5 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market under 5 km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water treated tap water and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011) 24 h summer · 24 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Lakshmanpur known for?

The main crops are coconut, arecanut and bananna. Products made here include shell product, copra, coconut product and shell product. About 32% of the 173 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Lakshmanpur

Of every 100 households in Lakshmanpur in 2011, 76 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 12 a car.

■ Lakshmanpur · ■ Port Blair rural average
- Electricity for lighting 76% 86%
- Toilet within the home 71% 66%
- No toilet (open defecation) 28% 33%
- Tap water 45% 73%
- Drinking water within premises 12% 46%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 15% 43%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 80% 35%
- Use banking services 88% 90%
- Television 52% 68%
- Mobile phone 84% 85%
- Computer with internet 0% 3%
- Two-wheeler 21% 30%
- Car / jeep / van 12% 8%
- None of these assets 4% 6%
- Own their home 81% 59%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Lakshmanpur?

■ Lakshmanpur · ■ Port Blair rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 86.7% 89.8%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1146 799
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 2059 1053
- Working population 34.6% 45.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.5% for men and 81.1% for women. 63% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 74 (56%) · ■ Farm labourers 11 (8%) · ■ Household industry 1 (1%) · ■ Other work 38 (29%) · ■ Marginal 8 (6%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Port Blair
- School Line part 498 people
- Brookshabad part 425 people
- Chidiyatapu 388 people
- Rangachang 384 people
- Sitapur 274 people
- Bada Khari 169 people
- Chidiyatapu 111 people
- Bamboo Nallaha incl. Kichad Nallaha 96 people

All 33 villages in Port Blair

## Quick answers
- How far is Lakshmanpur from Port Blair? 35 km by road
- What is the population of Lakshmanpur? 382 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lakshmanpur in? South Andaman district (Port Blair sub-district), Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- What is the literacy rate of Lakshmanpur? 86.7% (Census 2011)

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