Hirbahal Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Hirbahal is a medium size village located in Purulia - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 87 families residing. The Hirbahal village has population of 400 of which 206 are males while 194 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Hirbahal village population of children with age 0-6 is 62 which makes up 15.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Hirbahal village is 942 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Hirbahal as per census is 1480, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Hirbahal village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Hirbahal village was 67.16 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Hirbahal Male literacy stands at 79.01 % while female literacy rate was 53.50 %.

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

Hirbahal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	87	-	-
Population	400	206	194
Child (0-6)	62	25	37
Schedule Caste	175	94	81
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	67.16 %	79.01 %	53.50 %
Total Workers	142	120	22
Main Worker	118	-	-
Marginal Worker	24	17	7

Caste Factor

In Hirbahal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 43.75 % of total population in Hirbahal village. The village Hirbahal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Hirbahal village out of total population, 142 were engaged in work activities. 83.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 142 workers engaged in Main Work, 35 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 31 were Agricultural labourer.