# Harishpur Village, Illambazar, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Illambazar, Birbhum 

# Harishpur

Harishpur is a village in Illambazar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **499 people in 118 households**, the 96th largest of 127 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.9%.

- 499people (2011)
- 118households
- 74.5%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Harishpur

Of every 100 households in Harishpur in 2011, 2 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 4 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Harishpur · ■ Illambazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**68%

Tap water ****0%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**16%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****16%**

**83%

Use banking services ****3%**

**42%

Television ****2%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****65%**

**27%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Harishpur?

■ Harishpur · ■ Illambazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.5%**

**73.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****829**

**947

Working population ****33.1%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 67.1% for women. 63% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 44 (27%) · **■** Other work 29 (18%) · **■** Marginal 92 (56%)

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 Illambazar

- Bhubanaswer528 people
- Uttar Sultanpur511 people
- Etapur507 people
- Dhanai Shibrambati503 people
- Chak Rasik478 people
- Santoshpur472 people
- Kamalpur471 people
- Rangpur469 people

[All 133 villages in Illambazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/illambazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Harishpur?499 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harishpur in?Birbhum district (Illambazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Harishpur?74.5% (Census 2011)