# Lahirganja Village, Chandrakona - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Chandrakona - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Lahirganja

Lahirganja is a village in Chandrakona - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **953 people in 211 households**, the 38th largest of 122 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.0%.

- 953people (2011)
- 211households
- 69.9%literacy
- 1,036females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lahirganja

Of every 100 households in Lahirganja in 2011, 20 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Lahirganja · ■ Chandrakona - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**35%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**63%

Tap water ****88%**

**22%

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

**16%

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

**3%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****70%**

**54%

Television ****9%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**20%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Lahirganja?

■ Lahirganja · ■ Chandrakona - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.9%**

**77.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1036**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1258**

**974

Working population ****28.6%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.9% for men and 61.9% for women. 54% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 39 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 189 (69%) · **■** Household industry 5 (2%) · **■** Other work 29 (11%) · **■** Marginal 11 (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 Chandrakona - II

- Kshirati1,037 people
- Dhamkuria1,021 people
- Agrapara1,015 people
- Dhaikhanda981 people
- Tenpur935 people
- Bhalukkunda933 people
- Atghara932 people
- Raila930 people

[All 131 villages in Chandrakona - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/chandrakona-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lahirganja?953 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lahirganja in?Paschim Medinipur district (Chandrakona - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lahirganja?69.9% (Census 2011)