# Lakshanpur Village, Hura, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Hura, Puruliya 

# Lakshanpur

Lakshanpur is a village in Hura sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,973 people in 601 households**, the 13th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 2,973people (2011)
- 601households
- 70.4%literacy
- 1,031females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lakshanpur

Of every 100 households in Lakshanpur in 2011, 48 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Lakshanpur · ■ Hura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**75%

Use banking services ****74%**

**41%

Television ****32%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**25%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Lakshanpur?

■ Lakshanpur · ■ Hura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.4%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1031**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****987**

**954

Working population ****31.6%**

**48.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.8% for men and 63.2% for women. 49% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 271 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 45 (5%) · **■** Household industry 18 (2%) · **■** Other work 444 (47%) · **■** Marginal 160 (17%)

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 Hura

- Khairipihira3,161 people
- Bhagaband3,147 people
- Baragram3,060 people
- Dhabani3,035 people
- Tanginayada2,483 people
- Rakshyara2,387 people
- Kudlung2,358 people
- Nawadi2,235 people

[All 116 villages in Hura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/hura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lakshanpur?2,973 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lakshanpur in?Puruliya district (Hura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lakshanpur?70.4% (Census 2011)