# Lachaipur Village, Hirbandh, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Hirbandh, Bankura 

# Lachaipur

Lachaipur is a village in Hirbandh sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **551 people in 116 households**, the 54th largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 551people (2011)
- 116households
- 56.6%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lachaipur

Of every 100 households in Lachaipur in 2011, 24 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Lachaipur · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**90%

Use banking services ****20%**

**50%

Television ****18%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**31%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Lachaipur?

■ Lachaipur · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.6%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****811**

**969

Working population ****44.8%**

**44.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.1% for men and 40.5% for women. 56% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 36 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 169 (68%) · **■** Household industry 7 (3%) · **■** Other work 34 (14%) · **■** Marginal 1 (0%)

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 Hirbandh

- Aralbara608 people
- Bangopalpur605 people
- Itamara589 people
- Bhuchu Dungri560 people
- Naria549 people
- Kundurka531 people
- Bauridihi529 people
- Nowadihi516 people

[All 121 villages in Hirbandh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/hirbandh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lachaipur?551 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lachaipur in?Bankura district (Hirbandh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lachaipur?56.6% (Census 2011)