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Lachka Population - Darjiling, West Bengal

Lachka is a medium size village located in Matigara Block of Darjiling district, West Bengal with total 225 families residing. The Lachka village has population of 1126 of which 559 are males while 567 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lachka village population of children with age 0-6 is 126 which makes up 11.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lachka village is 1014 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Lachka as per census is 1377, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Lachka village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Lachka village was 70.60 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Lachka Male literacy stands at 79.84 % while female literacy rate was 61.13 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Lachka village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Lachka village.

Lachka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 225 - -
Population 1,126 559 567
Child (0-6) 126 53 73
Schedule Caste 1,110 551 559
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.60 % 79.84 % 61.13 %
Total Workers 328 292 36
Main Worker 296 - -
Marginal Worker 32 26 6

Caste Factor

In Lachka village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 98.58 % of total population in Lachka village. The village Lachka currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Lachka village out of total population, 328 were engaged in work activities. 90.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 328 workers engaged in Main Work, 32 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.