# Hesla Village, Arsha, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Arsha, Puruliya 

# Hesla

Hesla is a village in Arsha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,574 people in 946 households**, the 5th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.8%.

- 4,574people (2011)
- 946households
- 61.7%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hesla

Of every 100 households in Hesla in 2011, 16 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Hesla · ■ Arsha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**4%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**94%

Use banking services ****49%**

**50%

Television ****5%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**31%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Hesla?

■ Hesla · ■ Arsha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.7%**

**54.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****932**

**987

Working population ****42.0%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.1% for men and 48.1% for women. 56% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 716 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 286 (15%) · **■** Household industry 33 (2%) · **■** Other work 291 (15%) · **■** Marginal 594 (31%)

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 Arsha

- Sirkabad6,288 people
- Arsha5,958 people
- Satra5,857 people
- Palpal5,511 people
- Chatuhansa4,388 people
- Rangamati4,365 people
- Puara3,900 people
- Kudagara3,774 people

[All 96 villages in Arsha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/arsha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hesla?4,574 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hesla in?Puruliya district (Arsha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hesla?61.7% (Census 2011)