# Hijla Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Hijla

Hijla is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,005 people in 190 households**, the 56th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 1,005people (2011)
- 190households
- 72.0%literacy
- 1,051females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hijla

Of every 100 households in Hijla in 2011, 19 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Hijla · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**5%

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

**0%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****99%**

**41%

Television ****12%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**18%

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 Hijla?

■ Hijla · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.0%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1051**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1229**

**957

Working population ****59.6%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.5% for men and 64.6% for women. 61% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 54 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 93 (16%) · **■** Other work 33 (6%) · **■** Marginal 419 (70%)

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 Barabazar

- Simuduri1,064 people
- Senada1,024 people
- Barra1,015 people
- Nowadih1,012 people
- Beldih1,002 people
- Takria1,002 people
- Gosaidih1,000 people
- Fuljhor999 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hijla?1,005 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hijla in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hijla?72.0% (Census 2011)