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

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Lakhra

Lakhra is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **685 people in 189 households**, the 64th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 685people (2011)
- 189households
- 61.4%literacy
- 1,045females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lakhra

Of every 100 households in Lakhra in 2011, 84 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 19 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Lakhra · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****19%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**88%

Use banking services ****39%**

**34%

Television ****54%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**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 Lakhra?

■ Lakhra · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.4%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1045**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****739**

**969

Working population ****41.6%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.9% for men and 53.5% for women. 58% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 146 (51%) · **■** Farm labourers 88 (31%) · **■** Other work 48 (17%) · **■** Marginal 3 (1%)

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

- Joykalla730 people
- Debgram709 people
- Ramaidi698 people
- Darodi689 people
- Goaladi Alias Mishradeuli655 people
- Ramkundi582 people
- Kalapathar Alias Runujhunu547 people
- Dhangakend544 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lakhra?685 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lakhra in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lakhra?61.4% (Census 2011)