# Lahad Village, Harischandrapur - I, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Harischandrapur - I, Maldah 

# Lahad

Lahad is a village in Harischandrapur - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,803 people in 442 households**, the 44th largest of 104 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 52.5%.

- 1,803people (2011)
- 442households
- 50.9%literacy
- 1,003females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lahad

Of every 100 households in Lahad in 2011, 20 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Lahad · ■ Harischandrapur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**77%

Tap water ****0%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****66%**

**41%

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

**3%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****52%**

**24%

Television ****7%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**35%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Lahad?

■ Lahad · ■ Harischandrapur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.9%**

**52.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1003**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****854**

**954

Working population ****27.2%**

**35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 53.6% for men and 48.2% for women. 50% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 128 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 197 (40%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 47 (10%) · **■** Marginal 117 (24%)

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 Harischandrapur - I

- Bijhat1,926 people
- Paschim Rarial1,887 people
- Simulia1,885 people
- Mabarakpur1,883 people
- Chayenpur1,703 people
- Bhagabanpur1,677 people
- Ranipura1,631 people
- Mungol1,544 people

[All 105 villages in Harischandrapur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/harischandrapur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lahad?1,803 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lahad in?Maldah district (Harischandrapur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lahad?50.9% (Census 2011)