Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur
# Hati Bandh

Hati Bandh is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 669 people in 150 households, the 87th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.
- 669 people (2011)
- 150 households
- 68.5% literacy
- 901 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hati Bandh

Of every 100 households in Hati Bandh in 2011, 1 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Hati Bandh · ■ Potashpur - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 1% 39%
- Toilet within the home 86% 95%
- No toilet (open defecation) 14% 4%
- Tap water 0% 3%
- Drinking water within premises 2% 18%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 95%
- Use banking services 3% 46%
- Television 1% 12%
- Mobile phone 6% 31%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 0% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 0%
- None of these assets 80% 30%
- Own their home 99% 98%

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

## What is the population of Hati Bandh?

■ Hati Bandh · ■ Potashpur - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 68.5% 86.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 901 935
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 794 932
- Working population 43.5% 42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.6% for men and 56.6% for women. 55% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 10 (3%) · ■ Farm labourers 53 (18%) · ■ Household industry 160 (55%) · ■ Other work 43 (15%) · ■ Marginal 25 (9%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Potashpur - I
- Madhupur 704 people
- Kanta Pukuria 696 people
- Basudebpur 693 people
- Kutubpur 690 people
- Asharya Bandh 651 people
- Kat Ranka 650 people
- Uttar Rayband 641 people
- Machhranka Nankar 637 people

All 139 villages in Potashpur - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Hati Bandh? 669 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hati Bandh in? Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hati Bandh? 68.5% (Census 2011)

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