# Lakhyara Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Lakhyara

Lakhyara is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **399 people in 88 households**, the 126th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 399people (2011)
- 88households
- 69.1%literacy
- 966females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lakhyara

Of every 100 households in Lakhyara in 2011, 41 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Lakhyara · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**67%

Use banking services ****3%**

**43%

Television ****16%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**10%

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

**1%

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

**25%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Lakhyara?

■ Lakhyara · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.1%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****966**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****905**

**908

Working population ****30.6%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.3% for men and 56.5% for women. 52% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 41 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (9%) · **■** Other work 16 (13%) · **■** Marginal 54 (44%)

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 Gangajalghati

- Suarara449 people
- Chhota Kumira416 people
- Bhalukathol401 people
- Bamundiha399 people
- Khajuri398 people
- Ita Dangra397 people
- Charadihi394 people
- Kenthalya367 people

[All 165 villages in Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lakhyara?399 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lakhyara in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lakhyara?69.1% (Census 2011)