# Lauda Village, Contai - III, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Lauda

Lauda is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,124 people in 280 households**, the 40th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 1,124people (2011)
- 280households
- 92.5%literacy
- 993females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lauda

Of every 100 households in Lauda in 2011, 39 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Lauda · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**4%

Tap water ****1%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****79%**

**42%

Television ****12%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**27%

Own their home ****98%**

**94%

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 Lauda?

■ Lauda · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.5%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****993**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****984**

**948

Working population ****41.6%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.4% for men and 88.5% for women. 60% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 35 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 46 (10%) · **■** Household industry 46 (10%) · **■** Other work 128 (27%) · **■** Marginal 213 (46%)

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 Contai - III

- Jashabisha1,158 people
- Dakshinpithulia1,144 people
- Hatira1,133 people
- Karalda Nahera Bar1,130 people
- Paschim Kamarda1,113 people
- Jethai Bari1,110 people
- Dhaurya Bar1,086 people
- Pachim Purulia1,058 people

[All 166 villages in Contai - III](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-iii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lauda?1,124 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lauda in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lauda?92.5% (Census 2011)