# Lakshmijal Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Lakshmijal

Lakshmijal is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **176 people in 45 households**, the 217th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 176people (2011)
- 45households
- 79.9%literacy
- 760females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lakshmijal

Of every 100 households in Lakshmijal in 2011, 59 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Lakshmijal · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****9%**

**18%

Television ****23%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**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 Lakshmijal?

■ Lakshmijal · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.9%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****760**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****545**

**955

Working population ****29.0%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.4% for men and 72.9% for women. 49% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 42 (82%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (8%) · **■** Household industry 2 (4%) · **■** Other work 1 (2%) · **■** Marginal 2 (4%)

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

- Chak Haripur206 people
- Baghna203 people
- Pachadighi188 people
- Magura180 people
- Kanthail173 people
- Chakdarbaru154 people
- Tilchar153 people
- Shalkhair138 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lakshmijal?176 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lakshmijal in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lakshmijal?79.9% (Census 2011)