# Hukarhat Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Hukarhat

Hukarhat is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,012 people in 437 households**, the 48th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 2,012people (2011)
- 437households
- 50.5%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hukarhat

Of every 100 households in Hukarhat in 2011, 19 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Hukarhat · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**83%

Tap water ****5%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**18%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****18%**

**20%

Television ****10%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****59%**

**39%

Own their home ****95%**

**95%

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 Hukarhat?

■ Hukarhat · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.5%**

**65.3%

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

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****867**

**954

Working population ****39.8%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.7% for men and 45.9% for women. 52% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 152 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 397 (50%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 94 (12%) · **■** Marginal 148 (18%)

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 Sagardighi

- Diara2,150 people
- Binod2,110 people
- Bhola2,095 people
- Samasabad2,085 people
- Sagardighi1,966 people
- Kherur1,863 people
- Uttar Ramnagar1,807 people
- Pauli1,803 people

[All 197 villages in Sagardighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/sagardighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hukarhat?2,012 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hukarhat in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hukarhat?50.5% (Census 2011)