The map alongside shows the Khatra subdivision of Bankura district.

According to the 2011 Census of India, Hirbandh had a total population of 1,733 of which 859 (50%) were males and 874 (50%) were females.

[7] Hirbandh High School is a Bengali medium coeducational institution established in 1942.

[8] It is one of the fourteen schools in Bankura District in which the opening of an Olchiki medium section (for Santali language) from class V was sanctioned in 2012.

High School at Hirbandh is a Bengali medium coeducational institution established in 1962.