# Harisara Village, Nalhati - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Nalhati - I, Birbhum 

# Harisara

Harisara is a village in Nalhati - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,795 people in 610 households**, the 23rd largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.5%.

- 2,795people (2011)
- 610households
- 83.7%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Harisara

Of every 100 households in Harisara in 2011, 32 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Harisara · ■ Nalhati - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**9%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****25%**

**46%

Television ****14%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****39%**

**41%

Own their home ****95%**

**95%

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 Harisara?

■ Harisara · ■ Nalhati - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.7%**

**75.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****982**

**959

Working population ****32.1%**

**35.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.8% for men and 80.4% for women. 56% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 192 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 337 (38%) · **■** Household industry 26 (3%) · **■** Other work 95 (11%) · **■** Marginal 248 (28%)

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 Nalhati - I

- Gobindapur3,361 people
- Kukhura3,297 people
- Madhabpur2,886 people
- Haridaspur2,856 people
- Bautia2,694 people
- Bahadurpur2,658 people
- Sarddha2,627 people
- Sonarkundu2,623 people

[All 94 villages in Nalhati - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/nalhati-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Harisara?2,795 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harisara in?Birbhum district (Nalhati - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Harisara?83.7% (Census 2011)