# Hirakhon Village, Hirbandh, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Hirbandh, Bankura 

# Hirakhon

Hirakhon is a village in Hirbandh sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **216 people in 46 households**, the 94th largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 216people (2011)
- 46households
- 48.7%literacy
- 862females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hirakhon

Of every 100 households in Hirakhon in 2011, 11 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 4 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Hirakhon · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**94%

Tap water ****6%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****94%**

**50%

Television ****4%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**31%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Hirakhon?

■ Hirakhon · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.7%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****862**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****889**

**969

Working population ****57.9%**

**44.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.6% for men and 31.5% for women. 55% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 3 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 85 (68%) · **■** Other work 10 (8%) · **■** Marginal 27 (22%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Hirbandh

- Topabari237 people
- Bagaldhara234 people
- Jagatpur227 people
- Bhutardihi225 people
- Domohani200 people
- Manora197 people
- Jambeda190 people
- Lalraydihi187 people

[All 121 villages in Hirbandh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/hirbandh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hirakhon?216 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hirakhon in?Bankura district (Hirbandh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hirakhon?48.7% (Census 2011)