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

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Lapara

Lapara is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,267 people in 723 households**, the 6th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 3,267people (2011)
- 723households
- 74.1%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lapara

Of every 100 households in Lapara in 2011, 29 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Lapara · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**5%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**88%

Use banking services ****26%**

**34%

Television ****15%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Lapara?

■ Lapara · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.1%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****991**

**969

Working population ****51.2%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.3% for men and 60.4% for women. 57% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 248 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 173 (10%) · **■** Household industry 8 (0%) · **■** Other work 237 (14%) · **■** Marginal 1,008 (60%)

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

- Pirra4,049 people
- Chandra3,884 people
- Kenda3,803 people
- Jambad3,776 people
- Badra3,082 people
- Kuruktopa2,964 people
- Laulara2,743 people
- Bansa2,696 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lapara?3,267 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lapara in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lapara?74.1% (Census 2011)