# Hiraganja Village, Uluberia - I, Haora (West Bengal)

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Village · Uluberia - I, Haora 

# Hiraganja

Hiraganja is a village in Uluberia - I sub-district of Haora district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,508 people in 552 households**, the 35th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.2%.

- 2,508people (2011)
- 552households
- 79.9%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hiraganja

Of every 100 households in Hiraganja in 2011, 48 had electricity, 60 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Hiraganja · ■ Uluberia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****60%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**46%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**5%

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

**83%

Use banking services ****27%**

**31%

Television ****27%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**29%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Hiraganja?

■ Hiraganja · ■ Uluberia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.9%**

**78.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1059**

**957

Working population ****33.5%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.9% for men and 74.7% for women. 62% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 5 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 85 (10%) · **■** Household industry 29 (3%) · **■** Other work 222 (26%) · **■** Marginal 499 (59%)

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 Uluberia - I

- Prasadpur2,580 people
- Kajiakhali2,570 people
- Barmouberia2,533 people
- Panchberia Barberia2,530 people
- Gudar2,395 people
- Mayanapur2,375 people
- Madhabpur2,268 people
- Baikhali2,243 people

[All 66 villages in Uluberia - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/haora/uluberia-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hiraganja?2,508 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hiraganja in?Haora district (Uluberia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hiraganja?79.9% (Census 2011)