# Hemkumari Village, Haldibari, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Haldibari, Koch Bihar 

# Hemkumari

Hemkumari is a village in Haldibari sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **16,491 people in 3,764 households**, the 2nd largest of 57 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.2%.

- 16,491people (2011)
- 3,764households
- 69.8%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hemkumari

Of every 100 households in Hemkumari in 2011, 10 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Hemkumari · ■ Haldibari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**14%

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

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**72%

Tap water ****4%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****69%**

**77%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****20%**

**32%

Television ****7%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**41%

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 Hemkumari?

■ Hemkumari · ■ Haldibari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.8%**

**69.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****978**

**961

Working population ****36.5%**

**37.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.3% for men and 63.1% for women. 56% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1,985 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,785 (30%) · **■** Household industry 111 (2%) · **■** Other work 346 (6%) · **■** Marginal 1,799 (30%)

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 Haldibari

- Bara Haldibari32,340 people
- Madhya Hudumdanga6,885 people
- Uttar Baksiganj3,229 people
- Chhota Haldibari2,688 people
- Madhya Baksiganj2,684 people

[All 62 villages in Haldibari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/haldibari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hemkumari?16,491 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hemkumari in?Koch Bihar district (Haldibari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hemkumari?69.8% (Census 2011)