# Lakshmikantapur Village, Kandi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Kandi, Murshidabad 

# Lakshmikantapur

Lakshmikantapur is a village in Kandi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,602 people in 356 households**, the 47th largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 1,602people (2011)
- 356households
- 60.0%literacy
- 894females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lakshmikantapur

Of every 100 households in Lakshmikantapur in 2011, 30 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Lakshmikantapur · ■ Kandi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**92%

Use banking services ****63%**

**42%

Television ****28%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**33%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Lakshmikantapur?

■ Lakshmikantapur · ■ Kandi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.0%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****894**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****879**

**963

Working population ****32.1%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.1% for men and 54.4% for women. 58% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 256 (50%) · **■** Farm labourers 140 (27%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 97 (19%) · **■** Marginal 21 (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 Kandi

- Kalyanpur1,753 people
- Chandanagar1,745 people
- Tentulia1,703 people
- Bhtpara Palasi1,637 people
- Rudrabati1,548 people
- Gopalnagar1,512 people
- Laharpara1,509 people
- Bhatpara1,475 people

[All 93 villages in Kandi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/kandi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lakshmikantapur?1,602 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lakshmikantapur in?Murshidabad district (Kandi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lakshmikantapur?60.0% (Census 2011)