# Hareknagar, Beldanga - I, Murshidabad – Population & Literacy

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Village · Beldanga - I, Murshidabad 

# Hareknagar

Hareknagar is a village in [Beldanga - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/beldanga-i/) sub-district of [Murshidabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **12,703 people in 2,884 households**, the 8th largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.9%.

- 12,703people (2011)
- 2,884households
- 72.0%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hareknagar

Of every 100 households in Hareknagar in 2011, 63 had electricity, 64 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Hareknagar · ■ Beldanga - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****64%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****35%**

**46%

Tap water ****19%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**92%

Use banking services ****25%**

**21%

Television ****32%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**29%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Hareknagar?

■ Hareknagar · ■ Beldanga - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.0%**

**69.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****927**

**974

Working population ****33.3%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.9% for men and 69.9% for women. 53% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 384 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 518 (12%) · **■** Household industry 437 (10%) · **■** Other work 2,040 (48%) · **■** Marginal 850 (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 Beldanga - I

- Bhabta13,988 people
- Kazisaha13,489 people
- Kapasdanga13,123 people
- Bishannagar12,896 people
- Gopinathpur12,522 people
- Mahala11,793 people
- Debkunda11,429 people
- Begunbari10,983 people

[All 65 villages in Beldanga - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/beldanga-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hareknagar?12,703 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hareknagar in?Murshidabad district (Beldanga - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hareknagar?72.0% (Census 2011)