Village · Chakdah, Nadia
# Harispur

Harispur is a village in Chakdah sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 913 people in 214 households, the 107th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.3%.
- 913 people (2011)
- 214 households
- 79.0% literacy
- 886 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Harispur

Of every 100 households in Harispur in 2011, 23 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Harispur · ■ Chakdah rural average
- Electricity for lighting 23% 54%
- Toilet within the home 90% 81%
- No toilet (open defecation) 9% 16%
- Tap water 0% 19%
- Drinking water within premises 4% 48%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 9%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 98% 86%
- Use banking services 10% 38%
- Television 13% 32%
- Mobile phone 63% 46%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 2% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 2%
- None of these assets 6% 19%
- Own their home 94% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Harispur?

■ Harispur · ■ Chakdah rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 79.0% 78.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 886 930
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1039 937
- Working population 35.7% 35.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.4% for men and 70.5% for women. 62% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 26 (8%) · ■ Farm labourers 135 (41%) · ■ Household industry 5 (2%) · ■ Other work 88 (27%) · ■ Marginal 72 (22%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Chakdah
- Chandrapur 997 people
- Kata Belia 987 people
- Raninagar 943 people
- Mahanala 935 people
- Rameswarpur 901 people
- Santra 897 people
- Teli Gachha 846 people
- Bagrabpur 840 people

All 148 villages in Chakdah

## Other places named Harispur
- Harispur · Village, Murarai - II, Birbhum · 5,128 people
- Harispur · Village, Nimapada, Puri · 1,072 people
- Harispur · Village, Purbasthali - II, Barddhaman · 920 people
- Harispur · Village, Bhangar - I, South Twenty Four Parganas · 752 people
- Harispur · Village, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur · 452 people
- Harispur · Village, Barharwa, Sahibganj · 298 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Harispur? 913 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harispur in? Nadia district (Chakdah sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Harispur? 79.0% (Census 2011)

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