# Lakat Village, Binpur - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Binpur - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Lakat

Lakat is a village in Binpur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **116 people in 26 households**, the 313th largest of 427 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.7%.

- 116people (2011)
- 26households
- 73.8%literacy
- 966females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lakat

Of every 100 households in Lakat in 2011, 12 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Lakat · ■ Binpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**90%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

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

**19%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****81%**

**25%

Television ****4%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**25%

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 Lakat?

■ Lakat · ■ Binpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.8%**

**69.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****966**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1167**

**954

Working population ****51.7%**

**45.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.9% for men and 62.0% for women. 58% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 14 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 26 (43%) · **■** Marginal 20 (33%)

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 Binpur - I

- Thakurpara122 people
- Rangamatia120 people
- Banshbera119 people
- Mahala Guri119 people
- Baranala115 people
- Dakshin Singpur114 people
- Rasmandal114 people
- Kadamdiha111 people

[All 553 villages in Binpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/binpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lakat?116 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lakat in?Paschim Medinipur district (Binpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lakat?73.8% (Census 2011)