Lapahari Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Lapahari is a medium size village located in Santuri Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 113 families residing. The Lapahari village has population of 650 of which 340 are males while 310 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lapahari village population of children with age 0-6 is 93 which makes up 14.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lapahari village is 912 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Lapahari as per census is 979, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Lapahari village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Lapahari village was 58.53 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Lapahari Male literacy stands at 71.33 % while female literacy rate was 44.32 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Lapahari 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 Lapahari village.

Lapahari Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	113	-	-
Population	650	340	310
Child (0-6)	93	47	46
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	595	308	287
Literacy	58.53 %	71.33 %	44.32 %
Total Workers	350	189	161
Main Worker	160	-	-
Marginal Worker	190	59	131

Caste Factor

In Lapahari village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 91.54 % of total population in Lapahari village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lapahari village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Lapahari village out of total population, 350 were engaged in work activities. 45.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 350 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 130 were Agricultural labourer.