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Hirakhap Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Hirakhap is a small village located in Purulia - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 21 families residing. The Hirakhap village has population of 139 of which 71 are males while 68 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Hirakhap village population of children with age 0-6 is 20 which makes up 14.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Hirakhap village is 958 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Hirakhap as per census is 1222, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Hirakhap village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Hirakhap village was 71.43 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Hirakhap Male literacy stands at 85.48 % while female literacy rate was 56.14 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Hirakhap 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 Hirakhap village.

Hirakhap Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 21 - -
Population 139 71 68
Child (0-6) 20 9 11
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.43 % 85.48 % 56.14 %
Total Workers 35 34 1
Main Worker 1 - -
Marginal Worker 34 33 1

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Hirakhap village of Puruliya district.

Work Profile

In Hirakhap village out of total population, 35 were engaged in work activities. 2.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 97.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 35 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.