# Giting Lahar Village, Balarampur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Balarampur, Puruliya 

# Giting Lahar

Giting Lahar is a village in Balarampur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,797 people in 339 households**, the 24th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 44.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 1,797people (2011)
- 339households
- 44.0%literacy
- 990females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Giting Lahar

Of every 100 households in Giting Lahar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Giting Lahar · ■ Balarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**97%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**7%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**89%

Use banking services ****18%**

**39%

Television ****0%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Giting Lahar?

■ Giting Lahar · ■ Balarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****44.0%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****990**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****925**

**939

Working population ****51.6%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.7% for men and 29.4% for women. 56% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 204 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (2%) · **■** Other work 218 (23%) · **■** Marginal 492 (53%)

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 Balarampur

- Garga1,958 people
- Ghatbera1,858 people
- Karma1,856 people
- Sagma1,818 people
- Salbani1,627 people
- Hanspur1,585 people
- Ruchap1,566 people
- Parbad Kashitanr1,521 people

[All 90 villages in Balarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/balarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Giting Lahar?1,797 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Giting Lahar in?Puruliya district (Balarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Giting Lahar?44.0% (Census 2011)