# Hurumdah, Barabazar, Puruliya – Population & Literacy

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Hurumdah

Hurumdah is a village in [Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/) sub-district of [Puruliya](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **837 people in 154 households**, the 79th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 837people (2011)
- 154households
- 68.6%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hurumdah

Of every 100 households in Hurumdah in 2011, 22 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Hurumdah · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**5%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**85%

Use banking services ****38%**

**41%

Television ****9%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Hurumdah?

■ Hurumdah · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.6%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****983**

**957

Working population ****41.2%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.3% for men and 52.1% for women. 58% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 118 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 84 (24%) · **■** Household industry 37 (11%) · **■** Other work 83 (24%) · **■** Marginal 23 (7%)

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

- Bagalbandh876 people
- Puijanga868 people
- Jaria845 people
- Panchkuda839 people
- Lakra Khonda833 people
- Arabad820 people
- Adabana819 people
- Bamanjora819 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hurumdah?837 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hurumdah in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hurumdah?68.6% (Census 2011)