# Harchandpur Village, Roorkee, Hardwar (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Roorkee, Hardwar 

# Harchandpur

Harchandpur is a village in Roorkee sub-district of Hardwar district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **2,369 people in 396 households**, the 100th largest of 266 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 2,369people (2011)
- 396households
- 69.4%literacy
- 873females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Harchandpur

Of every 100 households in Harchandpur in 2011, 86 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 32 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Harchandpur · ■ Roorkee rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**78%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****35%**

**48%

Tap water ****2%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**62%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**86%

Use banking services ****82%**

**64%

Television ****59%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****32%**

**26%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****10%**

**11%

Own their home ****100%**

**94%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Harchandpur?

■ Harchandpur · ■ Roorkee rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.4%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****873**

**884

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****971**

**879

Working population ****32.2%**

**29.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.4% for men and 60.0% for women. 56% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 379 (50%) · **■** Farm labourers 146 (19%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 157 (21%) · **■** Marginal 74 (10%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Roorkee

- Bukkanpur2,441 people
- Sisauna2,399 people
- Habibpur Nawada2,393 people
- Makanpur Mahmood Alampur2,378 people
- Peerpura2,354 people
- Nagala/Kubada2,320 people
- Kunja Bahadurpur2,304 people
- Dariyapur Dayalpur2,280 people

[All 309 villages in Roorkee](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/hardwar/roorkee/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Harchandpur?2,369 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harchandpur in?Hardwar district (Roorkee sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Harchandpur?69.4% (Census 2011)