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Hepad Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Hepad is a medium size village located in Jhalda - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 276 families residing. The Hepad village has population of 1315 of which 671 are males while 644 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Hepad village population of children with age 0-6 is 189 which makes up 14.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Hepad village is 960 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Hepad as per census is 835, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Hepad village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Hepad village was 73.18 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Hepad Male literacy stands at 88.20 % while female literacy rate was 57.89 %.

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

Hepad Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 276 - -
Population 1,315 671 644
Child (0-6) 189 103 86
Schedule Caste 158 85 73
Schedule Tribe 126 64 62
Literacy 73.18 % 88.20 % 57.89 %
Total Workers 644 358 286
Main Worker 421 - -
Marginal Worker 223 37 186

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.02 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 9.58 % of total population in Hepad village.

Work Profile

In Hepad village out of total population, 644 were engaged in work activities. 65.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 644 workers engaged in Main Work, 261 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 118 were Agricultural labourer.