# Jitarpur Village, Hariharpara, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Hariharpara, Murshidabad 

# Jitarpur

Jitarpur is a village in Hariharpara sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,929 people in 496 households**, the 35th largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.2%.

- 1,929people (2011)
- 496households
- 74.5%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jitarpur

Of every 100 households in Jitarpur in 2011, 21 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jitarpur · ■ Hariharpara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**61%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****75%**

**68%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****35%**

**30%

Television ****5%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Jitarpur?

■ Jitarpur · ■ Hariharpara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.5%**

**69.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****790**

**992

Working population ****34.6%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.5% for men and 74.4% for women. 60% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 149 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 411 (62%) · **■** Household industry 11 (2%) · **■** Other work 61 (9%) · **■** Marginal 35 (5%)

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 Hariharpara

- Siddhi Nandi2,264 people
- Kaludiar2,162 people
- Tekona2,000 people
- Sarbangapur1,932 people
- Fatepur Gobindapur1,905 people
- Mamlatpur1,841 people
- Khosalpur1,744 people
- Ramkrishnapur1,652 people

[All 63 villages in Hariharpara](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/hariharpara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jitarpur?1,929 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jitarpur in?Murshidabad district (Hariharpara sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jitarpur?74.5% (Census 2011)