# Lalgar Village, Santuri, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Santuri, Puruliya 

# Lalgar

Lalgar is a village in Santuri sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,963 people in 416 households**, the 6th largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 1,963people (2011)
- 416households
- 66.6%literacy
- 913females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lalgar

Of every 100 households in Lalgar in 2011, 60 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Lalgar · ■ Santuri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

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

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****52%**

**67%

Use banking services ****46%**

**52%

Television ****41%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Lalgar?

■ Lalgar · ■ Santuri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.6%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****913**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****864**

**973

Working population ****36.5%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.9% for men and 52.2% for women. 59% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 99 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (3%) · **■** Household industry 59 (8%) · **■** Other work 248 (35%) · **■** Marginal 287 (40%)

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 Santuri

- Shunuri2,963 people
- Santuri2,700 people
- Ramchandrapur2,648 people
- Muraddi2,321 people
- Brindabanpur1,828 people
- Tarabari1,772 people
- Gorsika1,741 people
- Bheti1,695 people

[All 103 villages in Santuri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/santuri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lalgar?1,963 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lalgar in?Puruliya district (Santuri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lalgar?66.6% (Census 2011)