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Hiradihi Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Hiradihi is a medium size village located in Kharagpur - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 205 families residing. The Hiradihi village has population of 877 of which 441 are males while 436 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Hiradihi village population of children with age 0-6 is 120 which makes up 13.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Hiradihi village is 989 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Hiradihi as per census is 765, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Hiradihi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Hiradihi village was 56.80 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Hiradihi Male literacy stands at 65.42 % while female literacy rate was 48.44 %.

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

Hiradihi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 205 - -
Population 877 441 436
Child (0-6) 120 68 52
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 597 301 296
Literacy 56.80 % 65.42 % 48.44 %
Total Workers 377 265 112
Main Worker 247 - -
Marginal Worker 130 81 49

Caste Factor

In Hiradihi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 68.07 % of total population in Hiradihi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Hiradihi village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Hiradihi village out of total population, 377 were engaged in work activities. 65.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 377 workers engaged in Main Work, 151 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.