Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura
# Harishchandrapur

Harishchandrapur is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 865 people in 158 households, the 68th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.
- 865 people (2011)
- 158 households
- 66.6% literacy
- 979 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Harishchandrapur

Of every 100 households in Harishchandrapur in 2011, 35 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Harishchandrapur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average
- Electricity for lighting 35% 37%
- Toilet within the home 10% 18%
- No toilet (open defecation) 90% 81%
- Tap water 0% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 35% 35%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 28% 75%
- Use banking services 70% 53%
- Television 15% 17%
- Mobile phone 34% 31%
- Computer with internet 1% 0%
- Two-wheeler 6% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 2% 1%
- None of these assets 9% 22%
- Own their home 99% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Harishchandrapur?

■ Harishchandrapur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 66.6% 66.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 979 945
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 885 948
- Working population 34.2% 45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.3% for men and 58.9% for women. 58% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 139 (47%) · ■ Farm labourers 89 (30%) · ■ Household industry 4 (1%) · ■ Other work 39 (13%) · ■ Marginal 25 (8%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Sonamukhi
- Kashipur 915 people
- Chaitanpur 890 people
- Amrita Para 886 people
- Katnia 871 people
- Shalchaturia 853 people
- Saheb Ganj 822 people
- Paschim Patrahati 820 people
- Goursunderpur 819 people

All 186 villages in Sonamukhi

## Other places named Harishchandrapur
- Harishchandra Pur · Village, Lalganj, Azamgarh · 1,933 people
- Harishchandrapur · Village, Bighapur, Unnao · 831 people
- Harishchandrapur · Village, Baripada Sadar, Mayurbhanj · 628 people
- Harishchandrapur · Village, Illambazar, Birbhum · 171 people
- Harishchandrapur · Village, Indpur, Bankura · 158 people
- Harishchandrapur · Village, Indpur, Bankura · 121 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Harishchandrapur? 865 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harishchandrapur in? Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Harishchandrapur? 66.6% (Census 2011)

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