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

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Village · Deshopran, Purba Medinipur 

# Hinchi

Hinchi is a village in Deshopran sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,782 people in 389 households**, the 25th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 88.6%.

- 1,782people (2011)
- 389households
- 77.9%literacy
- 998females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hinchi

Of every 100 households in Hinchi in 2011, 34 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Hinchi · ■ Deshopran rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****21%**

**9%

Tap water ****27%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****17%**

**88%

Use banking services ****7%**

**35%

Television ****10%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****46%**

**30%

Own their home ****87%**

**94%

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 · ■ Deshopran rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.9%**

**88.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****998**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****835**

**949

Working population ****38.7%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.3% for men and 70.7% for women. 53% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 17 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 49 (7%) · **■** Household industry 21 (3%) · **■** Other work 98 (14%) · **■** Marginal 504 (73%)

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 Deshopran

- Prakash Kultalia 1st Part1,815 people
- Jhawa1,813 people
- Kajla1,810 people
- Maishamura1,792 people
- Durgapur1,757 people
- Gobindaberabar1,754 people
- Purba Gopinathpur1,732 people
- Gopalchak1,690 people

[All 168 villages in Deshopran](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/deshopran/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hinchi?1,782 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hinchi in?Purba Medinipur district (Deshopran sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hinchi?77.9% (Census 2011)