# Haroka Village, Saltora, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Saltora, Bankura 

# Haroka

Haroka is a village in Saltora sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,660 people in 368 households**, the 20th largest of 145 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 61.5%.

- 1,660people (2011)
- 368households
- 69.3%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Haroka

Of every 100 households in Haroka in 2011, 20 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Haroka · ■ Saltora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**66%

Use banking services ****43%**

**45%

Television ****12%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****51%**

**36%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Haroka?

■ Haroka · ■ Saltora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.3%**

**61.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****955**

**939

Working population ****32.5%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.7% for men and 58.3% for women. 58% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 59 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 243 (45%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 131 (24%) · **■** Marginal 100 (19%)

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 Saltora

- Baghadabar1,715 people
- Dightor1,686 people
- Katabaid1,665 people
- Ledapalash1,665 people
- Jhanka1,652 people
- Udaypur1,649 people
- Shalroha1,552 people
- Rautara1,551 people

[All 157 villages in Saltora](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/saltora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Haroka?1,660 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Haroka in?Bankura district (Saltora sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Haroka?69.3% (Census 2011)