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Lanka Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Lanka is a medium size village located in Barabazar Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 101 families residing. The Lanka village has population of 546 of which 270 are males while 276 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lanka village population of children with age 0-6 is 81 which makes up 14.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lanka village is 1022 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Lanka as per census is 1189, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Lanka village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Lanka village was 75.70 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Lanka Male literacy stands at 87.12 % while female literacy rate was 64.22 %.

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

Lanka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 101 - -
Population 546 270 276
Child (0-6) 81 37 44
Schedule Caste 18 6 12
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.70 % 87.12 % 64.22 %
Total Workers 301 156 145
Main Worker 102 - -
Marginal Worker 199 66 133

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.30 % of total population in Lanka village. The village Lanka currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Lanka village out of total population, 301 were engaged in work activities. 33.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 66.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 301 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 37 were Agricultural labourer.