# Harapur Village, Amdanga – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Amdanga, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Harapur

Harapur is a village in Amdanga sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,969 people in 412 households**, the 46th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 80.4%.

- 1,969people (2011)
- 412households
- 82.9%literacy
- 919females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Harapur

Of every 100 households in Harapur in 2011, 38 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Harapur · ■ Amdanga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**79%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**18%

Tap water ****1%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**51%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**91%

Use banking services ****74%**

**50%

Television ****15%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****18%**

**18%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Harapur?

■ Harapur · ■ Amdanga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.9%**

**80.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****919**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****921**

**969

Working population ****38.5%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.0% for men and 79.5% for women. 66% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 179 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 202 (27%) · **■** Other work 173 (23%) · **■** Marginal 205 (27%)

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 Amdanga

- Komarduni2,000 people
- Baikunthapur1,998 people
- Rautara1,983 people
- Chandigor1,974 people
- Jirat1,941 people
- Mathura1,899 people
- Atghara1,791 people
- Shrirampur1,743 people

[All 80 villages in Amdanga](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/amdanga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Harapur?1,969 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harapur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Amdanga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Harapur?82.9% (Census 2011)