# Hirakhun Village, Neturia, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Neturia, Puruliya 

# Hirakhun

Hirakhun is a village in Neturia sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,062 people in 212 households**, the 25th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 1,062people (2011)
- 212households
- 59.3%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hirakhun

Of every 100 households in Hirakhun in 2011, 98 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Hirakhun · ■ Neturia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

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

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****67%**

**66%

Use banking services ****26%**

**57%

Television ****38%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**14%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****29%**

**16%

Own their home ****80%**

**94%

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 Hirakhun?

■ Hirakhun · ■ Neturia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.3%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****853**

**967

Working population ****39.5%**

**37.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.4% for men and 46.4% for women. 54% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 6 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (4%) · **■** Other work 204 (49%) · **■** Marginal 192 (46%)

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 Neturia

- Achkoda1,178 people
- Nituria1,144 people
- Bathanbari1,093 people
- Narayanpur1,080 people
- Manpura1,048 people
- Haridi1,046 people
- Madandi1,022 people
- Baruipara1,018 people

[All 123 villages in Neturia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/neturia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hirakhun?1,062 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hirakhun in?Puruliya district (Neturia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hirakhun?59.3% (Census 2011)