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

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Village · Amdanga, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Harpara

Harpara is a village in Amdanga sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,960 people in 642 households**, the 19th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.4%.

- 2,960people (2011)
- 642households
- 77.0%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Harpara

Of every 100 households in Harpara in 2011, 48 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Harpara · ■ Amdanga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**79%

No toilet (open defecation) ****27%**

**18%

Tap water ****34%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**51%

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

**4%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****47%**

**50%

Television ****12%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**3%

None of these assets ****32%**

**18%

Own their home ****81%**

**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 Harpara?

■ Harpara · ■ Amdanga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.0%**

**80.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****828**

**969

Working population ****33.0%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.1% for men and 72.8% for women. 56% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 215 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 348 (36%) · **■** Household industry 27 (3%) · **■** Other work 228 (23%) · **■** Marginal 159 (16%)

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

- Bargachhia3,287 people
- Tentulia3,139 people
- Maricha3,125 people
- Sonadanga3,081 people
- Kamdebpur2,906 people
- Kanchiara2,884 people
- Madhabpur2,834 people
- Tababeria2,815 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 Harpara?2,960 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harpara in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Amdanga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Harpara?77.0% (Census 2011)