# Harishkopa Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Harishkopa

Harishkopa is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,099 people in 282 households**, the 55th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 1,099people (2011)
- 282households
- 75.8%literacy
- 872females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Harishkopa

Of every 100 households in Harishkopa in 2011, 51 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Harishkopa · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**85%

Use banking services ****39%**

**57%

Television ****28%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****51%**

**33%

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 Harishkopa?

■ Harishkopa · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.8%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****872**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****859**

**961

Working population ****34.2%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.2% for men and 68.5% for women. 60% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 70 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 165 (44%) · **■** Household industry 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 66 (18%) · **■** Marginal 68 (18%)

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 Sainthia

- Markola1,125 people
- Phulur1,117 people
- Uttar Tilpara1,113 people
- Kusumdihi1,111 people
- Neturi1,092 people
- Matiara1,089 people
- Indira1,070 people
- Lebra1,054 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Harishkopa?1,099 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harishkopa in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Harishkopa?75.8% (Census 2011)