# Lakma Village, Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Lakma

Lakma is a village in Hilli sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,036 people in 257 households**, the 33rd largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.0%.

- 1,036people (2011)
- 257households
- 75.7%literacy
- 873females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lakma

Of every 100 households in Lakma in 2011, 48 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Lakma · ■ Hilli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**60%

Tap water ****38%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**54%

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

**5%

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

**86%

Use banking services ****18%**

**36%

Television ****21%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****20%**

**32%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Lakma?

■ Lakma · ■ Hilli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.7%**

**76.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****873**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****714**

**966

Working population ****51.7%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.1% for men and 67.4% for women. 58% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 143 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 171 (32%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 31 (6%) · **■** Marginal 184 (34%)

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 Hilli

- Purbba Mustafapur1,169 people
- Ujal1,158 people
- Tior1,133 people
- Banara1,114 people
- Dharanda1,017 people
- Panjul1,014 people
- Balpara980 people
- Chakurpai959 people

[All 82 villages in Hilli](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/hilli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lakma?1,036 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lakma in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Hilli sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lakma?75.7% (Census 2011)