# Lakshya Village, Mahisadal, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Mahisadal, Purba Medinipur 

# Lakshya

Lakshya is a village in Mahisadal sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **8,247 people in 1,796 households**, the 4th largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.1%.

- 8,247people (2011)
- 1,796households
- 89.1%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lakshya

Of every 100 households in Lakshya in 2011, 55 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Lakshya · ■ Mahisadal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**90%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**6%

Tap water ****31%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**85%

Use banking services ****38%**

**42%

Television ****23%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**28%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Lakshya?

■ Lakshya · ■ Mahisadal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.1%**

**86.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****885**

**948

Working population ****36.2%**

**35.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.0% for men and 85.1% for women. 59% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 298 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 207 (7%) · **■** Household industry 22 (1%) · **■** Other work 670 (22%) · **■** Marginal 1,786 (60%)

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 Mahisadal

- Natshal11,331 people
- Keshabpur Jalpai8,955 people
- Gopalpur8,294 people
- Kalika Kundu6,421 people
- Kanchanpur5,597 people
- Chanpi5,237 people
- Purbba Srirampur5,024 people

[All 75 villages in Mahisadal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/mahisadal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lakshya?8,247 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lakshya in?Purba Medinipur district (Mahisadal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lakshya?89.1% (Census 2011)