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

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Hulka

Hulka is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,447 people in 272 households**, the 33rd largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 1,447people (2011)
- 272households
- 64.4%literacy
- 1,029females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hulka

Of every 100 households in Hulka in 2011, 25 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Hulka · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**92%

Tap water ****2%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**84%

Use banking services ****22%**

**44%

Television ****12%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Hulka?

■ Hulka · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.4%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1029**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1052**

**934

Working population ****44.9%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 46.0% for women. 56% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 71 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 44 (7%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 133 (20%) · **■** Marginal 401 (62%)

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

- Golbera1,634 people
- Pichasi1,614 people
- Kukurgarya1,533 people
- Banshra1,457 people
- Tamna1,444 people
- Baghudi1,440 people
- Gopladi1,416 people
- Digshili1,348 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hulka?1,447 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hulka in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hulka?64.4% (Census 2011)