# Lagadih Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Lagadih

Lagadih is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **245 people in 42 households**, the 178th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 245people (2011)
- 42households
- 58.6%literacy
- 1,207females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lagadih

Of every 100 households in Lagadih in 2011, 73 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Lagadih · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**5%

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

**0%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****58%**

**41%

Television ****0%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****2%**

**18%

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 Lagadih?

■ Lagadih · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.6%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1207**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****667**

**957

Working population ****27.8%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.3% for men and 45.9% for women. 56% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 2 (3%) · **■** Other work 2 (3%) · **■** Marginal 64 (94%)

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 Barabazar

- Sonadungri266 people
- Tilabani264 people
- Suraidih262 people
- Damrabad251 people
- Pratappur229 people
- Raghunathdih219 people
- Gabhurra217 people
- Turangdih214 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lagadih?245 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lagadih in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lagadih?58.6% (Census 2011)