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

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Hesla

Hesla is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,130 people in 412 households**, the 10th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 2,130people (2011)
- 412households
- 53.8%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hesla

Of every 100 households in Hesla in 2011, 15 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Hesla · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**93%

Tap water ****6%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****36%**

**39%

Television ****11%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**25%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Hesla?

■ Hesla · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.8%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1038**

**946

Working population ****39.2%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.4% for men and 41.5% for women. 48% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 208 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 163 (19%) · **■** Household industry 42 (5%) · **■** Other work 99 (12%) · **■** Marginal 324 (39%)

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

- Kalma2,536 people
- Pusti2,374 people
- Ghutia2,280 people
- Birudi2,230 people
- Kusi1,998 people
- Khamar1,799 people
- Garia1,726 people
- Danrda1,675 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hesla?2,130 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hesla in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hesla?53.8% (Census 2011)