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Lakhra Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Lakhra is a medium size village located in Puncha Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 189 families residing. The Lakhra village has population of 685 of which 335 are males while 350 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lakhra village population of children with age 0-6 is 40 which makes up 5.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lakhra village is 1045 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Lakhra as per census is 739, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Lakhra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Lakhra village was 61.40 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Lakhra Male literacy stands at 69.87 % while female literacy rate was 53.45 %.

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

Lakhra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 189 - -
Population 685 335 350
Child (0-6) 40 23 17
Schedule Caste 293 149 144
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 61.40 % 69.87 % 53.45 %
Total Workers 285 194 91
Main Worker 282 - -
Marginal Worker 3 0 3

Caste Factor

In Lakhra village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 42.77 % of total population in Lakhra village. The village Lakhra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Lakhra village out of total population, 285 were engaged in work activities. 98.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 285 workers engaged in Main Work, 146 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 88 were Agricultural labourer.