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

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Village · Arsha, Puruliya 

# Hetjari

Hetjari is a village in Arsha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,915 people in 371 households**, the 30th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.8%.

- 1,915people (2011)
- 371households
- 48.4%literacy
- 1,053females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hetjari

Of every 100 households in Hetjari in 2011, 16 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Hetjari · ■ Arsha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**95%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

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

**4%

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

**0%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****62%**

**50%

Television ****8%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**31%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Hetjari?

■ Hetjari · ■ Arsha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.4%**

**54.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1053**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1130**

**987

Working population ****45.9%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.8% for men and 34.5% for women. 57% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 168 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 31 (4%) · **■** Household industry 16 (2%) · **■** Other work 60 (7%) · **■** Marginal 604 (69%)

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

- Baram2,129 people
- Kumirdiha1,961 people
- Ulugariya1,953 people
- Tenyasi1,927 people
- Karandi1,910 people
- Kantadi1,845 people
- Mankiari1,784 people
- Salaidahar1,719 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hetjari?1,915 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hetjari in?Puruliya district (Arsha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hetjari?48.4% (Census 2011)