# Harit Village, Polba - Dadpur, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Polba - Dadpur, Hugli 

# Harit

Harit is a village in Polba - Dadpur sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,270 people in 975 households**, the 8th largest of 193 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.1%.

- 4,270people (2011)
- 975households
- 73.8%literacy
- 982females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Harit

Of every 100 households in Harit in 2011, 63 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Harit · ■ Polba - Dadpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**50%

Tap water ****22%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**21%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**86%

Use banking services ****29%**

**56%

Television ****32%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**14%

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 Harit?

■ Harit · ■ Polba - Dadpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.8%**

**75.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1021**

**942

Working population ****45.8%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.1% for men and 67.3% for women. 65% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 219 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 833 (43%) · **■** Household industry 23 (1%) · **■** Other work 490 (25%) · **■** Marginal 392 (20%)

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 Polba - Dadpur

- Talchinan-Sanihati4,801 people
- Kashwara4,608 people
- Puinan4,449 people
- Patna Bhairabpur4,404 people
- Gotu4,021 people
- Goswami Malipara3,703 people
- Sudarsan3,637 people
- Bhatua3,505 people

[All 194 villages in Polba - Dadpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/polba-dadpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Harit?4,270 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harit in?Hugli district (Polba - Dadpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Harit?73.8% (Census 2011)