Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur
# Lachhanpur

Lachhanpur is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 620 people in 144 households, the 104th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.
- 620 people (2011)
- 144 households
- 84.5% literacy
- 845 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lachhanpur

Of every 100 households in Lachhanpur in 2011, 14 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Lachhanpur · ■ Contai - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 14% 51%
- Toilet within the home 99% 94%
- No toilet (open defecation) 1% 5%
- Tap water 1% 11%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 15%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 91%
- Use banking services 48% 43%
- Television 1% 18%
- Mobile phone 23% 46%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 0% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 34% 25%
- Own their home 99% 96%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Lachhanpur?

■ Lachhanpur · ■ Contai - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 84.5% 89.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 845 940
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 933 956
- Working population 32.1% 36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.2% for men and 76.6% for women. 55% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 5 (3%) · ■ Farm labourers 58 (29%) · ■ Other work 43 (22%) · ■ Marginal 93 (47%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Contai - I
- Kandarpapur 651 people
- Bhupatinagar 637 people
- Haripur 624 people
- Ramchandrapur 622 people
- Banamali Pur 618 people
- Keoranala 614 people
- Sabajpur 610 people
- Baliarpur 606 people

All 225 villages in Contai - I

## Other places named Lachhanpur
- Lachhanpur · Village, Janjgir, Janjgir - Champa · 2,981 people
- Lachhanpur · Village, Champa, Janjgir - Champa · 1,001 people
- Lachhanpur · Village, Mungeli, Bilaspur · 916 people
- Lachhanpur · Village, Mariahu, Jaunpur · 822 people
- Lachhanpur · Village, Chatra, Chatra · 672 people
- Lachhan Pur · Village, Naugarh, Siddharthnagar · 592 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Lachhanpur? 620 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lachhanpur in? Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lachhanpur? 84.5% (Census 2011)

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