# Heruka Village, Mohammad Bazar, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mohammad Bazar, Birbhum 

# Heruka

Heruka is a village in Mohammad Bazar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,139 people in 510 households**, the 22nd largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 2,139people (2011)
- 510households
- 74.3%literacy
- 1,016females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Heruka

Of every 100 households in Heruka in 2011, 18 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Heruka · ■ Mohammad Bazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**80%

Use banking services ****22%**

**34%

Television ****16%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**22%

Own their home ****94%**

**96%

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 Heruka?

■ Heruka · ■ Mohammad Bazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.3%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1016**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1231**

**983

Working population ****31.7%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.1% for men and 70.5% for women. 57% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 66 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (4%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 127 (19%) · **■** Marginal 458 (68%)

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 Mohammad Bazar

- Kapasdanga2,426 people
- Saharakuri2,260 people
- Darkata2,198 people
- Khayrakuri2,179 people
- Kabilpur2,131 people
- Maladanga2,058 people
- Puranagram1,924 people
- Chanda1,920 people

[All 158 villages in Mohammad Bazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mohammad-bazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Heruka?2,139 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Heruka in?Birbhum district (Mohammad Bazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Heruka?74.3% (Census 2011)