# Hirapur Village, Ramnagar - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Ramnagar - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Hirapur

Hirapur is a village in Ramnagar - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,514 people in 323 households**, the 37th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 1,514people (2011)
- 323households
- 89.4%literacy
- 900females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hirapur

Of every 100 households in Hirapur in 2011, 5 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Hirapur · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****29%**

**9%

Tap water ****76%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**12%

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

**3%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****28%**

**51%

Television ****2%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****41%**

**18%

Own their home ****61%**

**95%

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 Hirapur?

■ Hirapur · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.4%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****900**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1042**

**929

Working population ****27.6%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.6% for men and 83.5% for women. 49% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 26 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 96 (23%) · **■** Household industry 27 (6%) · **■** Other work 226 (54%) · **■** Marginal 43 (10%)

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 Ramnagar - I

- Deuli1,584 people
- Narina1,580 people
- Dakshinshimulia1,543 people
- Bilamria1,516 people
- Shonpur1,508 people
- Alankarpur1,481 people
- Tengramari1,460 people
- Padima1,458 people

[All 149 villages in Ramnagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/ramnagar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hirapur?1,514 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hirapur in?Purba Medinipur district (Ramnagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hirapur?89.4% (Census 2011)