# Lohapunji Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Lohapunji

Lohapunji is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **766 people in 123 households**, the 157th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 766people (2011)
- 123households
- 84.5%literacy
- 891females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lohapunji

Of every 100 households in Lohapunji in 2011, 41 had electricity, 59 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Lohapunji · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****59%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****40%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****95%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****38%**

**19%

Television ****18%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**28%

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 Lohapunji?

■ Lohapunji · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.5%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****891**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****939**

**943

Working population ****29.9%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.9% for men and 80.6% for women. 51% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 67 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 33 (14%) · **■** Household industry 8 (3%) · **■** Other work 99 (43%) · **■** Marginal 22 (10%)

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 Karandighi

- Jhabradangi799 people
- Barail775 people
- Chandpur775 people
- Atanagar766 people
- Panasbari756 people
- Madargachhi748 people
- Kachnagachh740 people
- Rankul737 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lohapunji?766 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lohapunji in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lohapunji?84.5% (Census 2011)