# Laharia Village, Puncha, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Laharia

Laharia is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,883 people in 402 households**, the 24th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 1,883people (2011)
- 402households
- 75.3%literacy
- 904females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Laharia

Of every 100 households in Laharia in 2011, 45 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Laharia · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**5%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**88%

Use banking services ****29%**

**34%

Television ****17%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**26%

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 Laharia?

■ Laharia · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.3%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****904**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****765**

**969

Working population ****53.7%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.2% for men and 60.2% for women. 60% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 35 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 98 (10%) · **■** Household industry 20 (2%) · **■** Other work 111 (11%) · **■** Marginal 747 (74%)

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 Puncha

- Gopalpur1,977 people
- Punura1,968 people
- Dhadki1,944 people
- Palma1,925 people
- Panrui1,855 people
- Kanara1,836 people
- Maheshpur1,821 people
- Pakbirra1,754 people

[All 109 villages in Puncha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/puncha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Laharia?1,883 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Laharia in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Laharia?75.3% (Census 2011)