Village · Egra - I, Purba Medinipur
# Hamirjita

Hamirjita is a village in Egra - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,234 people in 270 households, the 35th largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.8%.
- 1,234 people (2011)
- 270 households
- 84.9% literacy
- 934 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hamirjita

Of every 100 households in Hamirjita in 2011, 57 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Hamirjita · ■ Egra - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 57% 46%
- Toilet within the home 82% 88%
- No toilet (open defecation) 16% 10%
- Tap water 0% 12%
- Drinking water within premises 42% 40%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 2% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 98% 96%
- Use banking services 20% 37%
- Television 7% 15%
- Mobile phone 24% 44%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 6% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 2% 2%
- None of these assets 28% 26%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Hamirjita?

■ Hamirjita · ■ Egra - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 84.9% 82.8%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 934 933
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 744 926
- Working population 52.3% 43.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.6% for men and 78.9% for women. 68% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 112 (17%) · ■ Farm labourers 181 (28%) · ■ Household industry 28 (4%) · ■ Other work 58 (9%) · ■ Marginal 266 (41%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Egra - I
- Kourda 1,634 people
- Baghmari 1,469 people
- Telami 1,387 people
- Tentulia 1,279 people
- Bhatsalia 1,231 people
- Kamardiha 1,209 people
- Ailan 1,207 people
- Sindwria 1,197 people

All 133 villages in Egra - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Hamirjita? 1,234 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hamirjita in? Purba Medinipur district (Egra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hamirjita? 84.9% (Census 2011)

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