# Hekampur Village, Amdanga – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Amdanga, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Hekampur

Hekampur is a village in Amdanga sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **900 people in 212 households**, the 70th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.4%.

- 900people (2011)
- 212households
- 78.2%literacy
- 1,013females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hekampur

Of every 100 households in Hekampur in 2011, 25 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Hekampur · ■ Amdanga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**79%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**18%

Tap water ****7%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**51%

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

**4%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****22%**

**50%

Television ****16%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**7%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****11%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Hekampur?

■ Hekampur · ■ Amdanga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.2%**

**80.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1013**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1465**

**969

Working population ****36.6%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.7% for men and 77.7% for women. 65% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 113 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 67 (20%) · **■** Household industry 5 (2%) · **■** Other work 106 (32%) · **■** Marginal 38 (12%)

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 Amdanga

- Dadpur1,123 people
- Tapanpur1,058 people
- Rajberia1,004 people
- Bahirpur978 people
- Guma748 people
- Prabhakarkati745 people
- Pashardanga739 people
- Kasarpara706 people

[All 80 villages in Amdanga](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/amdanga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hekampur?900 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hekampur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Amdanga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hekampur?78.2% (Census 2011)