# Lakhanpur Village, Purulia - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Lakhanpur

Lakhanpur is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **274 people in 53 households**, the 98th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 274people (2011)
- 53households
- 73.0%literacy
- 890females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lakhanpur

Of every 100 households in Lakhanpur in 2011, 12 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 2 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Lakhanpur · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**84%

Use banking services ****100%**

**41%

Television ****8%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****2%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****2%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Lakhanpur?

■ Lakhanpur · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.0%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****890**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****952**

**966

Working population ****55.1%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.9% for men and 56.0% for women. 59% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 57 (38%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 90 (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 Purulia - II

- Baryadi344 people
- Makrabera302 people
- Chamrubera291 people
- Kanchanpur274 people
- Kalapathar217 people
- Chitarpoka23 people
- Baghudi17 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lakhanpur?274 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lakhanpur in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lakhanpur?73.0% (Census 2011)