# Hepad Village, Jhalda - I, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Hepad

Hepad is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,315 people in 276 households**, the 25th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 1,315people (2011)
- 276households
- 73.2%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hepad

Of every 100 households in Hepad in 2011, 57 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Hepad · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**27%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****32%**

**39%

Television ****4%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**25%

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 Hepad?

■ Hepad · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.2%**

**66.7%

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

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****835**

**946

Working population ****49.0%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.2% for men and 57.9% for women. 53% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 261 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 118 (18%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 30 (5%) · **■** Marginal 223 (35%)

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 Jhalda - I

- Khatjuri1,400 people
- Hesatu1,386 people
- Pilai1,339 people
- Dulmi1,317 people
- Brajapur1,271 people
- Nayadi1,246 people
- Chhoto Bakad1,243 people
- Kuki1,220 people

[All 142 villages in Jhalda - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hepad?1,315 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hepad in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hepad?73.2% (Census 2011)