# Hurara Village, Raghunathpur - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Raghunathpur - I, Puruliya 

# Hurara

Hurara is a village in Raghunathpur - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **896 people in 171 households**, the 41st largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 896people (2011)
- 171households
- 45.5%literacy
- 890females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hurara

Of every 100 households in Hurara in 2011, 22 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Hurara · ■ Raghunathpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**89%

Tap water ****53%**

**27%

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

**9%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**71%

Use banking services ****97%**

**46%

Television ****9%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**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 Hurara?

■ Hurara · ■ Raghunathpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.5%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****890**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****650**

**964

Working population ****42.7%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.6% for men and 33.8% for women. 53% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 19 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 150 (39%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 130 (34%) · **■** Marginal 81 (21%)

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 Raghunathpur - I

- Bundla1,057 people
- Lachhmanpur1,011 people
- Napara980 people
- Upar Sankra948 people
- Shyamsundarpur891 people
- Rangametya885 people
- Dhunia868 people
- Sija770 people

[All 102 villages in Raghunathpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/raghunathpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hurara?896 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hurara in?Puruliya district (Raghunathpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hurara?45.5% (Census 2011)