# Lawakui Village, Bagmundi, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Bagmundi, Puruliya 

# Lawakui

Lawakui is a village in Bagmundi sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **177 people in 32 households**, the 116th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 177people (2011)
- 32households
- 50.7%literacy
- 863females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lawakui

Of every 100 households in Lawakui in 2011, 0 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Lawakui · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**97%

Use banking services ****94%**

**30%

Television ****3%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**27%

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 Lawakui?

■ Lawakui · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.7%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****863**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****321**

**951

Working population ****44.1%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.2% for men and 35.6% for women. 41% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 12 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 25 (32%) · **■** Other work 3 (4%) · **■** Marginal 38 (49%)

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 Bagmundi

- Chalua214 people
- Dungridi194 people
- Gosaidi183 people
- Matiala180 people
- Srirampur164 people
- Chaunia158 people
- Garur Jhama152 people
- Chhatrajara133 people

[All 142 villages in Bagmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bagmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lawakui?177 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lawakui in?Puruliya district (Bagmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lawakui?50.7% (Census 2011)