# Lakra Village, Manbazar - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Manbazar - II, Puruliya 

# Lakra

Lakra is a village in Manbazar - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,474 people in 536 households**, the 2nd largest of 124 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.3%.

- 2,474people (2011)
- 536households
- 63.1%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lakra

Of every 100 households in Lakra in 2011, 51 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Lakra · ■ Manbazar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**96%

Tap water ****3%**

**2%

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

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****10%**

**20%

Television ****4%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Lakra?

■ Lakra · ■ Manbazar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.1%**

**60.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**985

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****780**

**949

Working population ****50.3%**

**53.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.8% for men and 49.9% for women. 55% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 210 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 798 (64%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 67 (5%) · **■** Marginal 169 (14%)

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 Manbazar - II

- Ankro4,581 people
- Dighi2,110 people
- Dangardi1,828 people
- Jamtaria1,813 people
- Dharampur1,789 people

[All 136 villages in Manbazar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/manbazar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lakra?2,474 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lakra in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lakra?63.1% (Census 2011)