# Herampur Village, Raninagar - I, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Raninagar - I, Murshidabad 

# Herampur

Herampur is a village in Raninagar - I sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **8,125 people in 2,002 households**, the 5th largest of 57 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.0%.

- 8,125people (2011)
- 2,002households
- 58.7%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Herampur

Of every 100 households in Herampur in 2011, 9 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Herampur · ■ Raninagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**17%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**47%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****19%**

**27%

Television ****6%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****43%**

**38%

Own their home ****87%**

**94%

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 Herampur?

■ Herampur · ■ Raninagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.7%**

**65.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1056**

**992

Working population ****35.1%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.3% for men and 57.1% for women. 59% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 529 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,214 (43%) · **■** Household industry 56 (2%) · **■** Other work 533 (19%) · **■** Marginal 520 (18%)

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 Raninagar - I

- Moktarpur9,739 people
- Tekaraipur9,232 people
- Goas Kalikapur8,384 people
- Bishnupur8,320 people
- Lochanpur8,067 people
- Kamalpur7,692 people
- Purushottampur6,880 people
- Pratappur6,702 people

[All 63 villages in Raninagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/raninagar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Herampur?8,125 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Herampur in?Murshidabad district (Raninagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Herampur?58.7% (Census 2011)