# Hijalberya Village, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tamluk, Purba Medinipur 

# Hijalberya

Hijalberya is a village in Tamluk sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,040 people in 461 households**, the 40th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.9%.

- 2,040people (2011)
- 461households
- 84.3%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hijalberya

Of every 100 households in Hijalberya in 2011, 73 had electricity, 77 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Hijalberya · ■ Tamluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****77%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**20%

Tap water ****55%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**91%

Use banking services ****42%**

**45%

Television ****27%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**20%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Hijalberya?

■ Hijalberya · ■ Tamluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.3%**

**86.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****990**

**972

Working population ****44.2%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.8% for men and 77.4% for women. 63% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 202 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 108 (12%) · **■** Household industry 117 (13%) · **■** Other work 277 (31%) · **■** Marginal 197 (22%)

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 Tamluk

- Chawrakalganda2,124 people
- Chak Srikrishnapur2,100 people
- Bhandarberya2,095 people
- Naikurijagannath Chak-I2,045 people
- Tulia Jadubar2,029 people
- Gaurangapur2,004 people
- Rasikpur1,981 people
- Amgechhya1,928 people

[All 99 villages in Tamluk](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/tamluk/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hijalberya?2,040 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hijalberya in?Purba Medinipur district (Tamluk sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hijalberya?84.3% (Census 2011)