# Lalitapur Village, Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Lalitapur

Lalitapur is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **829 people in 183 households**, the 85th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 829people (2011)
- 183households
- 56.8%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lalitapur

Of every 100 households in Lalitapur in 2011, 28 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Lalitapur · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**39%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**97%

Use banking services ****90%**

**62%

Television ****10%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Lalitapur?

■ Lalitapur · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.8%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****893**

**963

Working population ****48.7%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.5% for men and 46.6% for women. 55% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 27 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 27 (7%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 158 (39%) · **■** Marginal 191 (47%)

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 Dantan - I

- Palasia849 people
- Charda848 people
- Bakurpada846 people
- Karakpur843 people
- Krishnamaiti Bar820 people
- Maljamuna783 people
- Benapura770 people
- Balabhadrapur762 people

[All 198 villages in Dantan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lalitapur?829 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lalitapur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lalitapur?56.8% (Census 2011)