# Hirakhap Village, Purulia - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Hirakhap

Hirakhap is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **139 people in 21 households**, the 103rd largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 139people (2011)
- 21households
- 71.4%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hirakhap

Of every 100 households in Hirakhap in 2011, 24 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Hirakhap · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**31%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**8%

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

**3%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****0%**

**44%

Television ****33%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Hirakhap?

■ Hirakhap · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.4%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1222**

**934

Working population ****25.2%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 56.1% for women. 48% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 1 (3%) · **■** Marginal 34 (97%)

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 Purulia - I

- Gosaindi316 people
- Narradi299 people
- Dhekiya240 people
- Bamra216 people
- Baraghutu115 people
- Kalipur106 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hirakhap?139 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hirakhap in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hirakhap?71.4% (Census 2011)