# Lagurasai Village, Potka, Purbi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Potka, Purbi Singhbhum 

# Lagurasai

Lagurasai is a village in Potka sub-district of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **301 people in 64 households**, the 192nd largest of 283 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.3%.

- 301people (2011)
- 64households
- 56.5%literacy
- 1,007females per 1,000 males

## Lagurasai PIN code and other codes

Lagurasai falls in Potka sub-district, Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- Community development blockPotka
- Census village code363722

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

## How far is Lagurasai from nearby towns?

- Jamshedpur (district HQ)27 km by road
- Jugsalai (nearest town)26 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 Lagurasai?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Lagurasai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Danisai Alias Bara Pahari
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Hesal
- ○Degree college10+ km · Jamshedpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jamshedpur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 5 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 Lagurasai known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 42% of the 87 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Lagurasai

Of every 100 households in Lagurasai in 2011, 98 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 2 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Lagurasai · ■ Potka rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**72%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**9%

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

**3%

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

**83%

Use banking services ****100%**

**34%

Television ****9%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****2%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**13%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**16%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Lagurasai?

■ Lagurasai · ■ Potka rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.5%**

**63.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1007**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1727**

**949

Working population ****31.9%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.9% for men and 50.8% for women. 57% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 42 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 51 (53%)

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 Potka

- Bhagabera309 people
- Rajabasa308 people
- Tilingkocha306 people
- Chhota Tilaijhor302 people
- Sindurpur301 people
- Patisai295 people
- Gurbhanga283 people
- Olansai282 people

[All 291 villages in Potka](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/purbi-singhbhum/potka/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Lagurasai from Jamshedpur?27 km by road
- What is the population of Lagurasai?301 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lagurasai in?Purbi Singhbhum district (Potka sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Lagurasai?56.5% (Census 2011)