# Hakala Village, Sahid Matangini, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sahid Matangini, Purba Medinipur 

# Hakala

Hakala is a village in Sahid Matangini sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,487 people in 585 households**, the 32nd largest of 81 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.8%.

- 2,487people (2011)
- 585households
- 88.5%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hakala

Of every 100 households in Hakala in 2011, 90 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Hakala · ■ Sahid Matangini rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**68%

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

**74%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**21%

Tap water ****3%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**89%

Use banking services ****79%**

**38%

Television ****39%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**24%

Own their home ****95%**

**96%

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 Hakala?

■ Hakala · ■ Sahid Matangini rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.5%**

**86.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1159**

**955

Working population ****40.9%**

**36.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.4% for men and 80.9% for women. 61% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 82 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 72 (7%) · **■** Household industry 19 (2%) · **■** Other work 578 (57%) · **■** Marginal 267 (26%)

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 Sahid Matangini

- Paikpari2,595 people
- Banpur2,526 people
- Pakurya2,523 people
- Biswas2,501 people
- Ramchandrapur2,423 people
- Gobra2,219 people
- Chitra2,209 people
- Gobindapur2,118 people

[All 86 villages in Sahid Matangini](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/sahid-matangini/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hakala?2,487 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hakala in?Purba Medinipur district (Sahid Matangini sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hakala?88.5% (Census 2011)