# Hamidpur Village, Murarai - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Murarai - I, Birbhum 

# Hamidpur

Hamidpur is a village in Murarai - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **640 people in 168 households**, the 64th largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 55.4%.

- 640people (2011)
- 168households
- 65.0%literacy
- 988females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hamidpur

Of every 100 households in Hamidpur in 2011, 96 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Hamidpur · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

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

**10%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**86%

Use banking services ****25%**

**20%

Television ****7%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****41%**

**46%

Own their home ****89%**

**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 Hamidpur?

■ Hamidpur · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.0%**

**55.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****988**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1356**

**983

Working population ****28.4%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.8% for men and 58.8% for women. 51% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 29 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 109 (60%) · **■** Other work 32 (18%) · **■** Marginal 12 (7%)

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 Murarai - I

- Raichandrapur789 people
- Chandrapara768 people
- Sarduari755 people
- Bhushna697 people
- Jhikarhati632 people
- Sutia622 people
- Lakshmi Narayanpur575 people
- Shrinibaspur568 people

[All 80 villages in Murarai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/murarai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hamidpur?640 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hamidpur in?Birbhum district (Murarai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hamidpur?65.0% (Census 2011)