# Lakshmipur Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Lakshmipur

Lakshmipur is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,190 people in 296 households**, the 54th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,190people (2011)
- 296households
- 81.5%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lakshmipur

Of every 100 households in Lakshmipur in 2011, 40 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Lakshmipur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****36%**

**65%

Tap water ****9%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**90%

Use banking services ****75%**

**41%

Television ****30%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

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

**26%

Own their home ****89%**

**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 Lakshmipur?

■ Lakshmipur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.5%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****774**

**965

Working population ****37.1%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.0% for men and 78.8% for women. 61% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 112 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 106 (24%) · **■** Household industry 19 (4%) · **■** Other work 174 (39%) · **■** Marginal 30 (7%)

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 Balurghat

- Dogachhi1,229 people
- Pirijpur1,207 people
- Kumargram1,196 people
- Bara1,193 people
- Osail1,186 people
- Nazirpur1,175 people
- Bidaypur1,162 people
- Badbangi1,159 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lakshmipur?1,190 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lakshmipur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lakshmipur?81.5% (Census 2011)