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Hirasagar Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Hirasagar is a medium size village located in Potashpur - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 221 families residing. The Hirasagar village has population of 967 of which 506 are males while 461 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Hirasagar village population of children with age 0-6 is 107 which makes up 11.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Hirasagar village is 911 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Hirasagar as per census is 672, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Hirasagar village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Hirasagar village was 77.44 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Hirasagar Male literacy stands at 83.71 % while female literacy rate was 70.81 %.

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

Hirasagar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 221 - -
Population 967 506 461
Child (0-6) 107 64 43
Schedule Caste 196 107 89
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.44 % 83.71 % 70.81 %
Total Workers 412 320 92
Main Worker 359 - -
Marginal Worker 53 11 42

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.27 % of total population in Hirasagar village. The village Hirasagar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Hirasagar village out of total population, 412 were engaged in work activities. 87.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 412 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 242 were Agricultural labourer.