Village · Cooch Behar - I, Koch Bihar
# Paschim Haribhanga

Paschim Haribhanga is a village in Cooch Behar - I sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,744 people in 429 households, the 63rd largest of 142 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.
- 1,744 people (2011)
- 429 households
- 74.0% literacy
- 921 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paschim Haribhanga

Of every 100 households in Paschim Haribhanga in 2011, 12 had electricity, 61 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Paschim Haribhanga · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 12% 25%
- Toilet within the home 61% 52%
- No toilet (open defecation) 37% 47%
- Tap water 9% 14%
- Drinking water within premises 88% 83%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 4%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 96% 95%
- Use banking services 24% 40%
- Television 2% 12%
- Mobile phone 18% 27%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 5% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 49% 36%
- Own their home 99% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Paschim Haribhanga?

■ Paschim Haribhanga · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 74.0% 75.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 921 938
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 960 942
- Working population 38.9% 41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 63.7% for women. 59% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 185 (27%) · ■ Farm labourers 132 (19%) · ■ Household industry 30 (4%) · ■ Other work 196 (29%) · ■ Marginal 136 (20%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Cooch Behar - I
- Mainaguri Kankanguri 1,807 people
- Ghoramara 1,789 people
- Jibramerkuthi 1,774 people
- Gosainganj 1,748 people
- Sonakhuli 1,742 people
- Gayergari 1,687 people
- Gudam Maharaniganj 1,639 people
- Bara Elajan 1,510 people

All 143 villages in Cooch Behar - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Paschim Haribhanga? 1,744 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paschim Haribhanga in? Koch Bihar district (Cooch Behar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paschim Haribhanga? 74.0% (Census 2011)

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