# Purba Hariharpur Village, Balurghat – Population & Literacy

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Purba Hariharpur

Purba Hariharpur is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **971 people in 213 households**, the 79th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 971people (2011)
- 213households
- 59.5%literacy
- 1,019females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Hariharpur

Of every 100 households in Purba Hariharpur in 2011, 54 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purba Hariharpur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****73%**

**41%

Television ****12%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**26%

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 Purba Hariharpur?

■ Purba Hariharpur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.5%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1019**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****866**

**965

Working population ****70.5%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.8% for men and 48.6% for women. 74% of men and 67% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 96 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 61 (9%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 13 (2%) · **■** Marginal 510 (74%)

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 Balurghat

- Madhabpara1,004 people
- Alipur1,003 people
- Mahala992 people
- Bijoyshri983 people
- Gopalbati959 people
- Majhian952 people
- Paschim Raynagar950 people
- Halida Danga946 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Hariharpur?971 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Hariharpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Hariharpur?59.5% (Census 2011)