# Hanspur Village, Balarampur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Balarampur, Puruliya 

# Hanspur

Hanspur is a village in Balarampur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,585 people in 298 households**, the 26th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 1,585people (2011)
- 298households
- 63.1%literacy
- 896females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hanspur

Of every 100 households in Hanspur in 2011, 64 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Hanspur · ■ Balarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**25%

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

**3%

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

**97%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****22%**

**89%

Use banking services ****50%**

**39%

Television ****22%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

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

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Hanspur?

■ Hanspur · ■ Balarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.1%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****756**

**939

Working population ****37.4%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.5% for men and 48.6% for women. 53% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 121 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 94 (16%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 85 (14%) · **■** Marginal 289 (49%)

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 Balarampur

- Karma1,856 people
- Sagma1,818 people
- Giting Lahar1,797 people
- Salbani1,627 people
- Ruchap1,566 people
- Parbad Kashitanr1,521 people
- Dumari1,484 people
- Chakulia1,417 people

[All 90 villages in Balarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/balarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hanspur?1,585 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hanspur in?Puruliya district (Balarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hanspur?63.1% (Census 2011)