# Hastikanda Village, Rampurhat - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Rampurhat - I, Birbhum 

# Hastikanda

Hastikanda is a village in Rampurhat - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,796 people in 419 households**, the 37th largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 1,796people (2011)
- 419households
- 77.1%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hastikanda

Of every 100 households in Hastikanda in 2011, 40 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Hastikanda · ■ Rampurhat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**15%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**87%

Use banking services ****78%**

**43%

Television ****20%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**35%

Own their home ****94%**

**92%

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 Hastikanda?

■ Hastikanda · ■ Rampurhat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.1%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1190**

**945

Working population ****36.9%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.7% for men and 69.2% for women. 62% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 161 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 89 (13%) · **■** Household industry 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 177 (27%) · **■** Marginal 223 (34%)

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 Rampurhat - I

- Lakshmibati2,002 people
- Nirasia1,941 people
- Binodpur1,933 people
- Kharun1,912 people
- Gug1,767 people
- Majkhanda1,750 people
- Kamikhya1,733 people
- Mahendrapur1,689 people

[All 119 villages in Rampurhat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/rampurhat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hastikanda?1,796 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hastikanda in?Birbhum district (Rampurhat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hastikanda?77.1% (Census 2011)