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

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Village · Santuri, Puruliya 

# Lapahari

Lapahari is a village in Santuri sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **650 people in 113 households**, the 40th largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 650people (2011)
- 113households
- 58.5%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lapahari

Of every 100 households in Lapahari in 2011, 13 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Lapahari · ■ Santuri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

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

**6%

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

**4%

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

**67%

Use banking services ****21%**

**52%

Television ****4%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**10%

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

**1%

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

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Lapahari?

■ Lapahari · ■ Santuri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.5%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****979**

**973

Working population ****53.8%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.3% for men and 44.3% for women. 56% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 13 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 130 (37%) · **■** Household industry 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 10 (3%) · **■** Marginal 190 (54%)

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

- Anthumajhirdi686 people
- Nimtikuri685 people
- Kankar Kiari680 people
- Kashtagora668 people
- Bakuliashota624 people
- Moraldi624 people
- Indkhuri Alias Dulurdi618 people
- Jashpur606 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lapahari?650 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lapahari in?Puruliya district (Santuri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lapahari?58.5% (Census 2011)