# Lamagaon Village, Darjeeling Pulbazar, Darjiling (West Bengal)

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Village · Darjeeling Pulbazar, Darjiling 

# Lamagaon

Lamagaon is a village in Darjeeling Pulbazar sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,630 people in 548 households**, the 16th largest of 43 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.6%.

- 2,630people (2011)
- 548households
- 80.1%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lamagaon

Of every 100 households in Lamagaon in 2011, 77 had electricity, 64 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Lamagaon · ■ Darjeeling Pulbazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****77%**

**78%

Toilet within the home ****64%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****29%**

**34%

Tap water ****59%**

**31%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**5%

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

**23%

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

**75%

Use banking services ****48%**

**47%

Television ****39%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**28%

Own their home ****94%**

**83%

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 Lamagaon?

■ Lamagaon · ■ Darjeeling Pulbazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.1%**

**80.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1012**

**940

Working population ****42.8%**

**41.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.5% for men and 72.5% for women. 52% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 277 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 141 (13%) · **■** Household industry 23 (2%) · **■** Other work 103 (9%) · **■** Marginal 582 (52%)

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 Darjeeling Pulbazar

- Singla Tea Garden3,400 people
- Phubsering Tea Garden3,208 people
- Namla2,989 people
- Bloomfield Tea Garden2,901 people
- Pattabong Tea Garden2,347 people
- Lebong Tea Garden2,276 people
- Darjiling2,270 people
- Singbhumdera2,192 people

[All 43 villages in Darjeeling Pulbazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/darjeeling-pulbazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lamagaon?2,630 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lamagaon in?Darjiling district (Darjeeling Pulbazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lamagaon?80.1% (Census 2011)