# Sijumakhna Village, Hura, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Hura, Puruliya 

# Sijumakhna

Sijumakhna is a village in Hura sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,331 people in 266 households**, the 33rd largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 1,331people (2011)
- 266households
- 74.4%literacy
- 1,014females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sijumakhna

Of every 100 households in Sijumakhna in 2011, 40 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sijumakhna · ■ Hura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**25%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**5%

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

**3%

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

**75%

Use banking services ****20%**

**41%

Television ****10%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**25%

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 Sijumakhna?

■ Sijumakhna · ■ Hura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.4%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1014**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****966**

**954

Working population ****37.8%**

**48.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.3% for men and 63.6% for women. 42% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 99 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 305 (61%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 24 (5%) · **■** Marginal 73 (15%)

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 Hura

- Parasibana1,420 people
- Jojodi1,401 people
- Nadiha1,397 people
- Kulabahal1,356 people
- Bariarpur1,309 people
- Dholkata1,289 people
- Amlatara1,262 people
- Madhuban1,234 people

[All 116 villages in Hura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/hura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sijumakhna?1,331 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sijumakhna in?Puruliya district (Hura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sijumakhna?74.4% (Census 2011)