# Lapuria Village, Bankura - II, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Bankura - II, Bankura 

# Lapuria

Lapuria is a village in Bankura - II sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,219 people in 242 households**, the 43rd largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 1,219people (2011)
- 242households
- 60.7%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lapuria

Of every 100 households in Lapuria in 2011, 19 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Lapuria · ■ Bankura - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**42%

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

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**16%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****22%**

**56%

Use banking services ****16%**

**58%

Television ****8%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Lapuria?

■ Lapuria · ■ Bankura - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.7%**

**73.6%

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

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****730**

**924

Working population ****30.2%**

**37.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.2% for men and 44.0% for women. 54% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 141 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 42 (11%) · **■** Other work 104 (28%) · **■** Marginal 81 (22%)

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 Bankura - II

- Sendra1,290 people
- Shitladihi1,290 people
- Ladna1,286 people
- Jagannath Bati1,264 people
- Khayerkanali1,213 people
- Bankati1,212 people
- Badra1,207 people
- Mobarakpur1,195 people

[All 154 villages in Bankura - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/bankura-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lapuria?1,219 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lapuria in?Bankura district (Bankura - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lapuria?60.7% (Census 2011)