# Lakshmantara Village, Kushmundi – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Lakshmantara

Lakshmantara is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **271 people in 63 households**, the 202nd largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 271people (2011)
- 63households
- 66.0%literacy
- 1,085females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lakshmantara

Of every 100 households in Lakshmantara in 2011, 29 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Lakshmantara · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**29%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**93%

Use banking services ****16%**

**18%

Television ****14%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Lakshmantara?

■ Lakshmantara · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.0%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1085**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1750**

**955

Working population ****62.0%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.8% for men and 53.3% for women. 76% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 26 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (2%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 6 (4%) · **■** Marginal 131 (78%)

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 Kushmundi

- Nakarna295 people
- Arazi Kasba284 people
- Langal Bhanga283 people
- Jaherpur271 people
- Chapapara270 people
- Nij Raghunathpur263 people
- Bighor259 people
- Punat256 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lakshmantara?271 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lakshmantara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lakshmantara?66.0% (Census 2011)