# Layara Village, Para, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Para, Puruliya 

# Layara

Layara is a village in Para sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **891 people in 193 households**, the 72nd largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 891people (2011)
- 193households
- 68.3%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Layara

Of every 100 households in Layara in 2011, 28 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Layara · ■ Para rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**26%

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

**6%

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

**92%

Tap water ****3%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**79%

Use banking services ****43%**

**47%

Television ****14%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****50%**

**20%

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 Layara?

■ Layara · ■ Para rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.3%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****914**

**968

Working population ****28.8%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 52.1% for women. 48% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 5 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (9%) · **■** Household industry 39 (15%) · **■** Other work 44 (17%) · **■** Marginal 146 (57%)

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 Para

- Balichasa934 people
- Udaypur933 people
- Malanchadi917 people
- Churmi899 people
- Palaskura877 people
- Chalania871 people
- Chaukunya868 people
- Kashiberia861 people

[All 132 villages in Para](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/para/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Layara?891 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Layara in?Puruliya district (Para sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Layara?68.3% (Census 2011)