# Hinchi Village, Chandipur, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Chandipur, Purba Medinipur 

# Hinchi

Hinchi is a village in Chandipur sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,241 people in 260 households**, the 49th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 1,241people (2011)
- 260households
- 83.9%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hinchi

Of every 100 households in Hinchi in 2011, 61 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Hinchi · ■ Chandipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**8%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**93%

Use banking services ****6%**

**30%

Television ****12%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**28%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Hinchi?

■ Hinchi · ■ Chandipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.9%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1070**

**925

Working population ****27.3%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.8% for men and 77.6% for women. 52% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 22 (6%) · **■** Marginal 317 (94%)

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 Chandipur

- Usmanpur1,322 people
- Purusottampur1,286 people
- Korkhali1,282 people
- Chintamanipur1,272 people
- Kayal Chak1,240 people
- Gazipur1,232 people
- Banka Boalia1,183 people
- Rampur Ist Part1,106 people

[All 112 villages in Chandipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/chandipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hinchi?1,241 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hinchi in?Purba Medinipur district (Chandipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hinchi?83.9% (Census 2011)