Lapu Population - Gumla, Jharkhand

Lapu is a medium size village located in Bishunpur Block of Gumla district, Jharkhand with total 128 families residing. The Lapu village has population of 723 of which 356 are males while 367 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lapu village population of children with age 0-6 is 168 which makes up 23.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lapu village is 1031 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Lapu as per census is 1301, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Lapu village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Lapu village was 57.84 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Lapu Male literacy stands at 68.55 % while female literacy rate was 46.69 %.

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

Lapu Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	128	-	-
Population	723	356	367
Child (0-6)	168	73	95
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	609	294	315
Literacy	57.84 %	68.55 %	46.69 %
Total Workers	353	180	173
Main Worker	19	-	-
Marginal Worker	334	168	166

Caste Factor

In Lapu village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 84.23 % of total population in Lapu village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lapu village of Gumla.

Work Profile

In Lapu village out of total population, 353 were engaged in work activities. 5.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 94.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 353 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.