# Harekrishnapur Village, Jalangi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Jalangi, Murshidabad 

# Harekrishnapur

Harekrishnapur is a village in Jalangi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,659 people in 630 households**, the 24th largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 67.4%.

- 2,659people (2011)
- 630households
- 66.7%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Harekrishnapur

Of every 100 households in Harekrishnapur in 2011, 19 had electricity, 49 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Harekrishnapur · ■ Jalangi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****49%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**40%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****60%**

**50%

Television ****9%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**35%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Harekrishnapur?

■ Harekrishnapur · ■ Jalangi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.7%**

**67.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1098**

**969

Working population ****33.7%**

**34.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.5% for men and 64.6% for women. 55% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 218 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 297 (33%) · **■** Household industry 16 (2%) · **■** Other work 112 (13%) · **■** Marginal 252 (28%)

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 Jalangi

- Baramasia3,877 people
- Madhubona3,788 people
- Dayarampur3,366 people
- Udaynagar Khanda2,768 people
- Udaynagar Diar2,555 people
- Chak Ramprasad2,340 people
- Harisankarpur1,784 people
- Bhaduria Para1,754 people

[All 53 villages in Jalangi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/jalangi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Harekrishnapur?2,659 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harekrishnapur in?Murshidabad district (Jalangi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Harekrishnapur?66.7% (Census 2011)