# Lanka Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Lanka

Lanka is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **546 people in 101 households**, the 128th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 546people (2011)
- 101households
- 75.7%literacy
- 1,022females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lanka

Of every 100 households in Lanka in 2011, 7 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Lanka · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**5%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****12%**

**85%

Use banking services ****87%**

**41%

Television ****6%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**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 Lanka?

■ Lanka · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.7%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1022**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1189**

**957

Working population ****55.1%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.1% for men and 64.2% for women. 58% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 22 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 37 (12%) · **■** Household industry 19 (6%) · **■** Other work 24 (8%) · **■** Marginal 199 (66%)

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

- Mukundapur562 people
- Gohamikocha560 people
- Metyala557 people
- Haramdih549 people
- Gosaidih537 people
- Ransi530 people
- Turku529 people
- Mednitanr528 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lanka?546 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lanka in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lanka?75.7% (Census 2011)