# Harispur Village, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Harispur

Harispur is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **452 people in 105 households**, the 126th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 452people (2011)
- 105households
- 81.2%literacy
- 1,083females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Harispur

Of every 100 households in Harispur in 2011, 52 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Harispur · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**33%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****16%**

**25%

Television ****9%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Harispur?

■ Harispur · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.2%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1083**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****795**

**951

Working population ****37.8%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.1% for men and 79.4% for women. 59% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 76 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 35 (20%) · **■** Other work 11 (6%) · **■** Marginal 49 (29%)

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 Kumarganj

- Mahadebpur513 people
- Dakshin Keshabpur506 people
- Chhatintair480 people
- Parial477 people
- Chhota-Haripur442 people
- Nahara440 people
- Chak Mamudi437 people
- Debipur437 people

[All 218 villages in Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Harispur?452 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harispur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Harispur?81.2% (Census 2011)