# Purba Lahil Village, Goalpokhar - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Goalpokhar - II, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Purba Lahil

Purba Lahil is a village in Goalpokhar - II sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **643 people in 130 households**, the 139th largest of 169 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 37.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 46.1%.

- 643people (2011)
- 130households
- 37.9%literacy
- 1,028females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Lahil

Of every 100 households in Purba Lahil in 2011, 0 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purba Lahil · ■ Goalpokhar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**51%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****20%**

**17%

Television ****2%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**31%

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 Purba Lahil?

■ Purba Lahil · ■ Goalpokhar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****37.9%**

**46.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1028**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****945**

**958

Working population ****26.3%**

**31.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 43.0% for men and 33.1% for women. 41% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 26 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 138 (82%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 4 (2%)

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 Goalpokhar - II

- Pagla706 people
- Amra678 people
- Chirua657 people
- Dahuabari653 people
- Sathiara636 people
- Sehar617 people
- Uttar Goaldob616 people
- Beharia591 people

[All 170 villages in Goalpokhar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/goalpokhar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Lahil?643 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Lahil in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Lahil?37.9% (Census 2011)