# Harakona Village, Taldangra, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Taldangra, Bankura 

# Harakona

Harakona is a village in Taldangra sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,290 people in 283 households**, the 34th largest of 141 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,290people (2011)
- 283households
- 61.6%literacy
- 1,012females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Harakona

Of every 100 households in Harakona in 2011, 35 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Harakona · ■ Taldangra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**17%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**88%

Use banking services ****91%**

**59%

Television ****10%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**19%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Harakona?

■ Harakona · ■ Taldangra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.6%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1012**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1154**

**978

Working population ****58.1%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.9% for men and 49.2% for women. 59% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 29 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 35 (5%) · **■** Marginal 673 (90%)

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 Taldangra

- Majuriprasadpur1,411 people
- Lalbandh1,337 people
- Kajla1,328 people
- Douni1,297 people
- Kadma1,286 people
- Dhengashimul1,232 people
- Kusmi1,225 people
- Jarkapaksara1,221 people

[All 145 villages in Taldangra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/taldangra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Harakona?1,290 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harakona in?Bankura district (Taldangra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Harakona?61.6% (Census 2011)