From around the 7th century AD until around the advent of British rule, for around a millennium, history of Bankura district is identical with the rise and fall of the Hindu Rajas of Bishnupur.

First, the Maharaja of Burdwan seized the Fatehpur Mahal, and then the Maratha invasions laid waste their country.

[7] According to the 2011 Census of India Hirbandh CD block had a total population of 83,834, all of which were rural.

[8] According to the 2001 census, Hirbandh community development block had a total population of 72,499 of which 37,230 were males and 35,269 were females.

[8] See also – List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate Primary Census Abstract Data

[12] Others include Addi Bassi, Marang Boro, Santal, Saranath, Sari Dharma, Sarna, Alchchi, Bidin, Sant, Saevdharm, Seran, Saran, Sarin, Kheria,[13] and other religious communities.

Another study shows that around 23% of the people from the under-privileged blocks in the western and southern Bankura migrate.

Most people migrate to meet their food deficit and go to Bardhaman and Hooghly districts but some go to Gujarat and Maharashtra as construction labour.

It includes factory, mining, plantation, transport and office workers, those engaged in business and commerce, teachers, entertainment artistes and so on.

[20] There are 116 inhabited villages in the Hirbandh CD block, as per the District Census Handbook, Bankura, 2011.

108 villages (93.10%) have telephones (including landlines, public call offices and mobile phones).

[21] There were 33 fertiliser depots, 6 seed stores and 40 fair price shops in the Hirbandh CD block.

[22] In 2013-14, persons engaged in agriculture in Hirbandh CD block could be classified as follows: bargadars 1.34%, patta (document) holders 10.28%, small farmers (possessing land between 1 and 2 hectares) 7.12%, marginal farmers (possessing land up to 1 hectare) 23.81% and agricultural labourers 57.45%.

[22] The handloom industry engages the largest number of persons in the non farm sector and hence is important in Bankura district.

The handloom industry is well established in all the CD blocks of the district and includes the famous Baluchari saris.

The fund, created by the Government of India, is designed to redress regional imbalances in development.

[30] In 2014, Hirbandh CD block had 1 rural hospital and 2 primary health centres with total 44 beds and 6 doctors.