# Labkush Village, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Labkush

Labkush is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **362 people in 72 households**, the 171st largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 362people (2011)
- 72households
- 78.5%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Labkush

Of every 100 households in Labkush in 2011, 4 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Labkush · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**30%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****26%**

**34%

Television ****0%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**17%

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 Labkush?

■ Labkush · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.5%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****923**

**979

Working population ****36.5%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.2% for men and 72.7% for women. 54% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 40 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 36 (27%) · **■** Other work 9 (7%) · **■** Marginal 47 (36%)

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 Jhargram

- Bhetala369 people
- Radha Nagar368 people
- Matihana365 people
- Lajimpur363 people
- Dhang Hari356 people
- Amratora355 people
- Barabari354 people
- Banshtola353 people

[All 604 villages in Jhargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jhargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Labkush?362 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Labkush in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Labkush?78.5% (Census 2011)