# Hastinapur Village, Burwan, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Burwan, Murshidabad 

# Hastinapur

Hastinapur is a village in Burwan sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,857 people in 430 households**, the 47th largest of 155 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 1,857people (2011)
- 430households
- 60.6%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hastinapur

Of every 100 households in Hastinapur in 2011, 15 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Hastinapur · ■ Burwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**76%

Tap water ****50%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**93%

Use banking services ****20%**

**32%

Television ****12%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**48%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Hastinapur?

■ Hastinapur · ■ Burwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.6%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****883**

**945

Working population ****31.5%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.5% for men and 53.2% for women. 57% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 90 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 311 (53%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 134 (23%) · **■** Marginal 46 (8%)

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 Burwan

- Bharwan2,015 people
- Maliandi1,974 people
- Kalyanpur1,960 people
- Ekgharia1,900 people
- Sabalpur1,817 people
- Bichkandi1,771 people
- Kapsakismat1,741 people
- Kunnarun1,709 people

[All 160 villages in Burwan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/burwan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hastinapur?1,857 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hastinapur in?Murshidabad district (Burwan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hastinapur?60.6% (Census 2011)