# Harekrishnapur Village, Jamalpur, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Jamalpur, Barddhaman 

# Harekrishnapur

Harekrishnapur is a village in Jamalpur sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,152 people in 264 households**, the 86th largest of 121 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.1%.

- 1,152people (2011)
- 264households
- 72.7%literacy
- 1,035females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Harekrishnapur

Of every 100 households in Harekrishnapur in 2011, 50 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Harekrishnapur · ■ Jamalpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**46%

Tap water ****8%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**84%

Use banking services ****77%**

**65%

Television ****33%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Harekrishnapur?

■ Harekrishnapur · ■ Jamalpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.7%**

**74.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1035**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****937**

**982

Working population ****42.8%**

**44.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.7% for men and 64.1% for women. 61% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 80 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 162 (33%) · **■** Other work 77 (16%) · **■** Marginal 174 (35%)

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 Jamalpur

- Dastanpur1,234 people
- Shukpur1,229 people
- Nandanpur1,220 people
- Siromani1,164 people
- Narayanpur1,101 people
- Mathurapur1,085 people
- Baidyabatipur1,061 people
- Shrimanpur1,049 people

[All 123 villages in Jamalpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/jamalpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Harekrishnapur?1,152 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harekrishnapur in?Barddhaman district (Jamalpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Harekrishnapur?72.7% (Census 2011)