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Hirakala Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Hirakala is a medium size village located in Deshopran Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 42 families residing. The Hirakala village has population of 206 of which 109 are males while 97 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Hirakala village population of children with age 0-6 is 30 which makes up 14.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Hirakala village is 890 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Hirakala as per census is 1000, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Hirakala village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Hirakala village was 89.20 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Hirakala Male literacy stands at 91.49 % while female literacy rate was 86.59 %.

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

Hirakala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 42 - -
Population 206 109 97
Child (0-6) 30 15 15
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 89.20 % 91.49 % 86.59 %
Total Workers 67 61 6
Main Worker 50 - -
Marginal Worker 17 13 4

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 0.49 % of total population in Hirakala village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Hirakala village of Purba Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Hirakala village out of total population, 67 were engaged in work activities. 74.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 67 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 18 were Agricultural labourer.