Hesla Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Hesla is a medium size village located in Manbazar - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 209 families residing. The Hesla village has population of 1058 of which 514 are males while 544 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Hesla village population of children with age 0-6 is 138 which makes up 13.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Hesla village is 1058 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Hesla as per census is 1029, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Hesla village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Hesla village was 62.17 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Hesla Male literacy stands at 77.58 % while female literacy rate was 47.68 %.

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

Hesla Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	209	-	-
Population	1,058	514	544
Child (0-6)	138	68	70
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	562	263	299
Literacy	62.17 %	77.58 %	47.68 %
Total Workers	669	330	339
Main Worker	347	-	-
Marginal Worker	322	105	217

Caste Factor

In Hesla village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 53.12 % of total population in Hesla village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Hesla village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Hesla village out of total population, 669 were engaged in work activities. 51.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 669 workers engaged in Main Work, 76 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 249 were Agricultural labourer.