# Pratiharpur Village, Tarakeswar, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Tarakeswar, Hugli 

# Pratiharpur

Pratiharpur is a village in Tarakeswar sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,382 people in 335 households**, the 44th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.0%.

- 1,382people (2011)
- 335households
- 70.5%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pratiharpur

Of every 100 households in Pratiharpur in 2011, 40 had electricity, 43 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pratiharpur · ■ Tarakeswar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**73%

Toilet within the home ****43%**

**67%

No toilet (open defecation) ****53%**

**28%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**34%

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

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**80%

Use banking services ****87%**

**55%

Television ****16%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****31%**

**14%

Own their home ****92%**

**96%

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 Pratiharpur?

■ Pratiharpur · ■ Tarakeswar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.5%**

**80.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****803**

**949

Working population ****41.9%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.9% for men and 64.1% for women. 59% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 30 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 157 (27%) · **■** Household industry 31 (5%) · **■** Other work 105 (18%) · **■** Marginal 256 (44%)

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 Tarakeswar

- Naypara1,504 people
- Maheshpur1,498 people
- Tulyan1,483 people
- Chhaonapur1,436 people
- Paschimramnagar1,378 people
- Shyampur1,317 people
- Mohanbati1,298 people
- Beremul1,273 people

[All 90 villages in Tarakeswar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/tarakeswar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pratiharpur?1,382 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pratiharpur in?Hugli district (Tarakeswar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pratiharpur?70.5% (Census 2011)