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Lakat Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Lakat is a medium size village located in Raipur Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 241 families residing. The Lakat village has population of 1080 of which 548 are males while 532 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lakat village population of children with age 0-6 is 128 which makes up 11.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lakat village is 971 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Lakat as per census is 910, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Lakat village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Lakat village was 61.45 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Lakat Male literacy stands at 74.64 % while female literacy rate was 47.98 %.

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

Lakat Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 241 - -
Population 1,080 548 532
Child (0-6) 128 67 61
Schedule Caste 5 4 1
Schedule Tribe 793 402 391
Literacy 61.45 % 74.64 % 47.98 %
Total Workers 529 290 239
Main Worker 29 - -
Marginal Worker 500 269 231

Caste Factor

In Lakat village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 73.43 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.46 % of total population in Lakat village.

Work Profile

In Lakat village out of total population, 529 were engaged in work activities. 5.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 94.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 529 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.