# Hijalda Village, Debra, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Debra, Paschim Medinipur 

# Hijalda

Hijalda is a village in Debra sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,344 people in 303 households**, the 35th largest of 460 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.8%.

- 1,344people (2011)
- 303households
- 74.3%literacy
- 1,027females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hijalda

Of every 100 households in Hijalda in 2011, 17 had electricity, 61 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Hijalda · ■ Debra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****61%**

**63%

No toilet (open defecation) ****39%**

**34%

Tap water ****3%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**20%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****45%**

**50%

Television ****10%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**18%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Hijalda?

■ Hijalda · ■ Debra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.3%**

**81.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1027**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****944**

**988

Working population ****46.6%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.4% for men and 66.5% for women. 62% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 194 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 215 (34%) · **■** Other work 54 (9%) · **■** Marginal 163 (26%)

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 Debra

- Khas Kendu Bagicha1,398 people
- Chak Madhuri1,394 people
- Gayaspur1,370 people
- Bagabanpur1,345 people
- Haipat1,334 people
- Bankakul1,287 people
- Benya1,284 people
- Bhagaban Basan1,284 people

[All 477 villages in Debra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/debra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hijalda?1,344 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hijalda in?Paschim Medinipur district (Debra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hijalda?74.3% (Census 2011)