# Lalkuthi Village, Murshidabad Jiaganj – Population & Literacy

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Village · Murshidabad Jiaganj, Murshidabad 

# Lalkuthi

Lalkuthi is a village in Murshidabad Jiaganj sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,804 people in 412 households**, the 47th largest of 127 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 1,804people (2011)
- 412households
- 72.5%literacy
- 1,057females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lalkuthi

Of every 100 households in Lalkuthi in 2011, 52 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Lalkuthi · ■ Murshidabad Jiaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**36%

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

**41%

No toilet (open defecation) ****49%**

**58%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**57%

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

**3%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****71%**

**38%

Television ****36%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**95%

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 Lalkuthi?

■ Lalkuthi · ■ Murshidabad Jiaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.5%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1057**

**936

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****933**

**960

Working population ****36.3%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.4% for men and 67.0% for women. 59% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 99 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 218 (33%) · **■** Household industry 60 (9%) · **■** Other work 135 (21%) · **■** Marginal 143 (22%)

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 Murshidabad Jiaganj

- Budhra2,057 people
- Nesta2,022 people
- Dakshin Ganespur1,847 people
- Ambarnagar1,817 people
- Bati1,787 people
- Raichandpur1,784 people
- Baranagar1,721 people
- Purba Gobindapur1,714 people

[All 132 villages in Murshidabad Jiaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/murshidabad-jiaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lalkuthi?1,804 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lalkuthi in?Murshidabad district (Murshidabad Jiaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lalkuthi?72.5% (Census 2011)