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Hetkahan Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Hetkahan is a large village located in Jaipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 395 families residing. The Hetkahan village has population of 2157 of which 1095 are males while 1062 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Hetkahan village population of children with age 0-6 is 350 which makes up 16.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Hetkahan village is 970 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Hetkahan as per census is 1096, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Hetkahan village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Hetkahan village was 51.30 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Hetkahan Male literacy stands at 67.67 % while female literacy rate was 34.02 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Hetkahan village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Hetkahan village.

Hetkahan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 395 - -
Population 2,157 1,095 1,062
Child (0-6) 350 167 183
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 102 57 45
Literacy 51.30 % 67.67 % 34.02 %
Total Workers 1,129 596 533
Main Worker 467 - -
Marginal Worker 662 176 486

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 4.73 % of total population in Hetkahan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Hetkahan village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Hetkahan village out of total population, 1129 were engaged in work activities. 41.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1129 workers engaged in Main Work, 366 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.