# Lagan Village, Kasba, Purnia (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Kasba, Purnia 

# Lagan

Lagan is a village in Kasba sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,490 people in 438 households**, the 26th largest of 59 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 34.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 46.7%.

- 2,490people (2011)
- 438households
- 34.8%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Lagan PIN code and other codes

Lagan falls in Kasba sub-district, Purnia district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBhamra Lagan
- Community development blockKasba
- Census village code223578

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Lagan from nearby towns?

- Kasba (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)20 km by road
- Kasba (nearest town)8 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Lagan?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Lagan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Purnia East
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Kasba
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 4 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Lagan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 83% of the 312 hectares of village land is sown, and 140 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Lagan

Of every 100 households in Lagan in 2011, 4 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Lagan · ■ Kasba rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**89%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**50%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****27%**

**19%

Television ****0%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Lagan?

■ Lagan · ■ Kasba rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****34.8%**

**46.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****927**

**965

Working population ****28.7%**

**31.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 38.1% for men and 31.3% for women. 45% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 179 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 288 (40%) · **■** Other work 82 (11%) · **■** Marginal 165 (23%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Kasba

- Bhamra3,086 people
- Malharia2,829 people
- Sadhauli2,607 people
- Shikarpur2,506 people
- Mahthaur2,413 people
- Semaria2,377 people
- Deodha2,324 people
- Kamalpur2,319 people

[All 61 villages in Kasba](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purnia/kasba/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Lagan from Purnia?20 km by road
- What is the population of Lagan?2,490 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lagan in?Purnia district (Kasba sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Lagan?34.8% (Census 2011)