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

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Village · Hirbandh, Bankura 

# Uparhir

Uparhir is a village in Hirbandh sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **279 people in 55 households**, the 85th largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 279people (2011)
- 55households
- 61.6%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uparhir

Of every 100 households in Uparhir in 2011, 62 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 19 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Uparhir · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****33%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**94%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****19%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****73%**

**90%

Use banking services ****90%**

**50%

Television ****46%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**31%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Uparhir?

■ Uparhir · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.6%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****762**

**969

Working population ****35.5%**

**44.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.5% for men and 55.5% for women. 47% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 4 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 43 (43%) · **■** Other work 50 (51%) · **■** Marginal 2 (2%)

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

- Kadamkarali315 people
- Maiti Bandh314 people
- Soul Ponamara313 people
- Patasimul281 people
- Chakadoba258 people
- Khayer Kundi257 people
- Dulalpur256 people
- Damodarpur255 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Uparhir?279 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uparhir in?Bankura district (Hirbandh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uparhir?61.6% (Census 2011)