# Latar Village, Jhalda - I, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Latar

Latar is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **472 people in 88 households**, the 95th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 472people (2011)
- 88households
- 69.6%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Latar

Of every 100 households in Latar in 2011, 17 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Latar · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**27%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****38%**

**39%

Television ****9%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Latar?

■ Latar · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.6%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****958**

**946

Working population ****37.1%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.4% for men and 54.0% for women. 53% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 41 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 22 (13%) · **■** Marginal 109 (62%)

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 Jhalda - I

- Bagbinda533 people
- Palma526 people
- Jamlahar506 people
- Panrri480 people
- Bandi460 people
- Nawagar443 people
- Ichatu441 people
- Betad437 people

[All 142 villages in Jhalda - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Latar?472 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Latar in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Latar?69.6% (Census 2011)