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

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Village · Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Laskarpur

Laskarpur is a village in Hilli sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,311 people in 324 households**, the 25th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.0%.

- 1,311people (2011)
- 324households
- 79.6%literacy
- 868females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Laskarpur

Of every 100 households in Laskarpur in 2011, 46 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Laskarpur · ■ Hilli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**42%

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

**38%

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

**60%

Tap water ****1%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****74%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**86%

Use banking services ****43%**

**36%

Television ****24%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****39%**

**32%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Laskarpur?

■ Laskarpur · ■ Hilli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.6%**

**76.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****868**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****870**

**966

Working population ****41.9%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.8% for men and 77.1% for women. 57% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 270 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 54 (10%) · **■** Household industry 121 (22%) · **■** Other work 27 (5%) · **■** Marginal 77 (14%)

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

- Agra1,365 people
- Maniko1,354 people
- Jotghatak1,343 people
- Nafar1,318 people
- Chapahat1,293 people
- Sahapur1,223 people
- Dabra1,187 people
- Purbba Mustafapur1,169 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Laskarpur?1,311 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Laskarpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Hilli sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Laskarpur?79.6% (Census 2011)