# Harishpara Village, Chanchal - II, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Chanchal - II, Maldah 

# Harishpara

Harishpara is a village in Chanchal - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **920 people in 219 households**, the 67th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.4%.

- 920people (2011)
- 219households
- 62.3%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Harishpara

Of every 100 households in Harishpara in 2011, 46 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Harishpara · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**80%

Tap water ****34%**

**9%

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

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****71%**

**90%

Use banking services ****31%**

**16%

Television ****17%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****36%**

**46%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Harishpara?

■ Harishpara · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.3%**

**57.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****969**

**953

Working population ****31.7%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.5% for men and 59.1% for women. 57% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 24 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 122 (42%) · **■** Other work 114 (39%) · **■** Marginal 32 (11%)

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 Chanchal - II

- Anupnagar984 people
- Gopalpur977 people
- Dumro946 people
- Lalganj930 people
- Durgapur918 people
- Uttar Rasulpur917 people
- Dhunriban902 people
- Bhandaria887 people

[All 92 villages in Chanchal - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Harishpara?920 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harishpara in?Maldah district (Chanchal - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Harishpara?62.3% (Census 2011)