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Laoa Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Laoa is a medium size village located in Potashpur - II Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 252 families residing. The Laoa village has population of 1118 of which 590 are males while 528 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Laoa village population of children with age 0-6 is 107 which makes up 9.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Laoa village is 895 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Laoa as per census is 1098, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Laoa village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Laoa village was 95.85 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Laoa Male literacy stands at 97.77 % while female literacy rate was 93.64 %.

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

Laoa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 252 - -
Population 1,118 590 528
Child (0-6) 107 51 56
Schedule Caste 92 46 46
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 95.85 % 97.77 % 93.64 %
Total Workers 462 381 81
Main Worker 381 - -
Marginal Worker 81 28 53

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.23 % of total population in Laoa village. The village Laoa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Laoa village out of total population, 462 were engaged in work activities. 82.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 462 workers engaged in Main Work, 200 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 112 were Agricultural labourer.