# Hetkahan Village, Jaipur, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Jaipur, Puruliya 

# Hetkahan

Hetkahan is a village in Jaipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,157 people in 395 households**, the 12th largest of 109 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 2,157people (2011)
- 395households
- 51.3%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hetkahan

Of every 100 households in Hetkahan in 2011, 0 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Hetkahan · ■ Jaipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**11%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**89%

Use banking services ****57%**

**49%

Television ****0%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**23%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Hetkahan?

■ Hetkahan · ■ Jaipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.3%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1096**

**937

Working population ****52.3%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.7% for men and 34.0% for women. 54% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 366 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (1%) · **■** Household industry 64 (6%) · **■** Other work 23 (2%) · **■** Marginal 662 (59%)

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 Jaipur

- Baragram2,811 people
- Damru2,648 people
- Palanja2,345 people
- Bali2,210 people
- Mukundpur2,076 people
- Hoangda2,074 people
- Narayanpur2,061 people
- Ghaghra1,993 people

[All 112 villages in Jaipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jaipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hetkahan?2,157 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hetkahan in?Puruliya district (Jaipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hetkahan?51.3% (Census 2011)