# Bara Hankol Village, Jhalda - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Bara Hankol

Bara Hankol is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,747 people in 317 households**, the 23rd largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 1,747people (2011)
- 317households
- 46.7%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara Hankol

Of every 100 households in Bara Hankol in 2011, 13 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bara Hankol · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**96%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**80%

Use banking services ****26%**

**30%

Television ****7%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****41%**

**35%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Bara Hankol?

■ Bara Hankol · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.7%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****896**

**973

Working population ****38.4%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.0% for men and 27.5% for women. 48% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 50 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 137 (20%) · **■** Household industry 431 (64%) · **■** Other work 23 (3%) · **■** Marginal 30 (4%)

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 - II

- Mohanpur1,875 people
- Oldi1,797 people
- Chitarpur Alias Kokarkhap1,779 people
- Tigra1,771 people
- Bara Metyala1,724 people
- Murulahar1,694 people
- Nawahatu1,625 people
- Barudi1,605 people

[All 129 villages in Jhalda - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bara Hankol?1,747 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara Hankol in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bara Hankol?46.7% (Census 2011)