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

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Village · Tamluk, Purba Medinipur 

# Hirapur

Hirapur is a village in Tamluk sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,123 people in 251 households**, the 73rd largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.9%.

- 1,123people (2011)
- 251households
- 87.2%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hirapur

Of every 100 households in Hirapur in 2011, 93 had electricity, 83 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 83 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Hirapur · ■ Tamluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****83%**

**72%

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

**20%

Tap water ****62%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**91%

Use banking services ****83%**

**45%

Television ****38%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****83%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**20%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Hirapur?

■ Hirapur · ■ Tamluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.2%**

**86.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****732**

**972

Working population ****44.6%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.8% for men and 84.4% for women. 59% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 74 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 47 (9%) · **■** Household industry 38 (8%) · **■** Other work 199 (40%) · **■** Marginal 143 (29%)

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

- Chakkasmali1,249 people
- Teghari1,239 people
- Ajangechhya1,227 people
- Asudapaikbar1,188 people
- Srirampur1,078 people
- Barkalu1,049 people
- Narsingkalua1,048 people
- Damodarpur987 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hirapur?1,123 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hirapur in?Purba Medinipur district (Tamluk sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hirapur?87.2% (Census 2011)