# Lakshanpur Village, Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur 

# Lakshanpur

Lakshanpur is a village in Ghatal sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,800 people in 401 households**, the 44th largest of 139 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.1%.

- 1,800people (2011)
- 401households
- 70.1%literacy
- 1,036females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lakshanpur

Of every 100 households in Lakshanpur in 2011, 37 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Lakshanpur · ■ Ghatal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**49%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**13%

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

**4%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****39%**

**37%

Television ****28%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Lakshanpur?

■ Lakshanpur · ■ Ghatal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.1%**

**81.1%

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

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****850**

**959

Working population ****30.2%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.9% for men and 62.0% for women. 56% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 190 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 191 (35%) · **■** Household industry 30 (6%) · **■** Other work 115 (21%) · **■** Marginal 18 (3%)

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 Ghatal

- Mandaria2,010 people
- Kushman1,876 people
- Konora1,826 people
- Jaybag1,812 people
- Raghunathpur1,773 people
- Dharmmapur1,752 people
- Marichya1,695 people
- Baghanala1,692 people

[All 145 villages in Ghatal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/ghatal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lakshanpur?1,800 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lakshanpur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Ghatal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lakshanpur?70.1% (Census 2011)