# Purbba Hemkumari Village, Mekliganj, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Mekliganj, Koch Bihar 

# Purbba Hemkumari

Purbba Hemkumari is a village in Mekliganj sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **337 people in 82 households**, the 99th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 337people (2011)
- 82households
- 74.8%literacy
- 842females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purbba Hemkumari

Of every 100 households in Purbba Hemkumari in 2011, 0 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purbba Hemkumari · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**74%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**69%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**93%

Use banking services ****17%**

**36%

Television ****6%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**2%

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

**1%

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

**38%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Purbba Hemkumari?

■ Purbba Hemkumari · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.8%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****842**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**930

Working population ****42.1%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.7% for men and 65.4% for women. 59% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 49 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 39 (27%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 38 (27%) · **■** Marginal 15 (11%)

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 Mekliganj

- Andaran Kharkharia375 people
- Kharija Panisala357 people
- Purbba Nijtaraf351 people
- Debottar Buraburi337 people
- Chhota Fulkar Dabri Bajejama306 people
- Chhota Nijtaraf304 people
- Chhota Jikabari290 people
- Buraburi Patchhara289 people

[All 186 villages in Mekliganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/mekliganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purbba Hemkumari?337 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purbba Hemkumari in?Koch Bihar district (Mekliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purbba Hemkumari?74.8% (Census 2011)