# Harisankarpur Village, Jalangi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Jalangi, Murshidabad 

# Harisankarpur

Harisankarpur is a village in Jalangi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,784 people in 424 households**, the 27th largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.4%.

- 1,784people (2011)
- 424households
- 65.2%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Harisankarpur

Of every 100 households in Harisankarpur in 2011, 57 had electricity, 62 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Harisankarpur · ■ Jalangi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****62%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****21%**

**40%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

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

**47%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****58%**

**50%

Television ****8%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**35%

Own their home ****84%**

**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 Harisankarpur?

■ Harisankarpur · ■ Jalangi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.2%**

**67.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1093**

**969

Working population ****37.7%**

**34.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.4% for men and 64.0% for women. 58% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 62 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 219 (33%) · **■** Household industry 52 (8%) · **■** Other work 163 (24%) · **■** Marginal 177 (26%)

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

- Udaynagar Khanda2,768 people
- Harekrishnapur2,659 people
- Udaynagar Diar2,555 people
- Chak Ramprasad2,340 people
- Bhaduria Para1,754 people
- Char Chandanpur Sahar1,674 people
- Sadipur1,645 people
- Sarkarpara1,552 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Harisankarpur?1,784 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harisankarpur in?Murshidabad district (Jalangi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Harisankarpur?65.2% (Census 2011)