# Lauhajang Village, Nanda Kumar, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Nanda Kumar, Purba Medinipur 

# Lauhajang

Lauhajang is a village in Nanda Kumar sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,325 people in 339 households**, the 65th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 85.6%.

- 1,325people (2011)
- 339households
- 84.1%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lauhajang

Of every 100 households in Lauhajang in 2011, 27 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Lauhajang · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**17%

Tap water ****2%**

**10%

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

**5%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**89%

Use banking services ****7%**

**39%

Television ****1%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****71%**

**34%

Own their home ****72%**

**95%

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 Lauhajang?

■ Lauhajang · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.1%**

**85.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****863**

**940

Working population ****26.2%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.2% for men and 82.0% for women. 48% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 6 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 135 (39%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 26 (7%) · **■** Marginal 176 (51%)

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 Nanda Kumar

- Ramchandrapur1,484 people
- Mahishgot1,457 people
- Alasuli1,456 people
- Kamarda1,409 people
- Baharampur1,284 people
- Dakshin Gumai1,264 people
- Thakur Chak1,242 people
- Chak Jiyadighi1,231 people

[All 101 villages in Nanda Kumar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nanda-kumar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lauhajang?1,325 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lauhajang in?Purba Medinipur district (Nanda Kumar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lauhajang?84.1% (Census 2011)