# Harachandapur Village, Manikchak, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Manikchak, Maldah 

# Harachandapur

Harachandapur is a village in Manikchak sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **8,191 people in 1,993 households**, the 9th largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.8%.

- 8,191people (2011)
- 1,993households
- 52.5%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Harachandapur

Of every 100 households in Harachandapur in 2011, 4 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Harachandapur · ■ Manikchak rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**74%

Tap water ****4%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****59%**

**49%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**85%

Use banking services ****30%**

**30%

Television ****1%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****65%**

**51%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Harachandapur?

■ Harachandapur · ■ Manikchak rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.5%**

**57.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****978**

**950

Working population ****41.4%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.5% for men and 43.0% for women. 53% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 185 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 463 (14%) · **■** Household industry 19 (1%) · **■** Other work 616 (18%) · **■** Marginal 2,104 (62%)

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 Manikchak

- Uttar Chandipur10,549 people
- Gopalpur9,867 people
- Paschim Chandipur9,522 people
- Chauki Mirdadpur8,493 people
- Nawada7,516 people
- Khanpur7,463 people
- Ugritola7,088 people
- Purbba Saidpur6,883 people

[All 89 villages in Manikchak](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/manikchak/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Harachandapur?8,191 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harachandapur in?Maldah district (Manikchak sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Harachandapur?52.5% (Census 2011)