# Lahiripur Village, Gosaba – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Gosaba, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Lahiripur

Lahiripur is a village in Gosaba sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,851 people in 1,745 households**, the 7th largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 6,851people (2011)
- 1,745households
- 86.4%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lahiripur

Of every 100 households in Lahiripur in 2011, 1 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Lahiripur · ■ Gosaba rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**23%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****72%**

**94%

Use banking services ****67%**

**35%

Television ****4%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****50%**

**51%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Lahiripur?

■ Lahiripur · ■ Gosaba rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.4%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1020**

**981

Working population ****54.1%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.1% for men and 80.4% for women. 63% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 770 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 577 (16%) · **■** Household industry 52 (1%) · **■** Other work 370 (10%) · **■** Marginal 1,937 (52%)

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 Gosaba

- Amlamethi9,298 people
- Satjalia8,757 people
- Manmathanagar7,971 people
- Sadhupur6,992 people
- Arampur6,618 people
- Taranagar6,572 people
- Bijoynagar6,507 people
- Chimta6,332 people

[All 51 villages in Gosaba](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/gosaba/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lahiripur?6,851 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lahiripur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Gosaba sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lahiripur?86.4% (Census 2011)