# Harishpur Village, Bongaon – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Harishpur

Harishpur is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,183 people in 487 households**, the 67th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 2,183people (2011)
- 487households
- 73.7%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Harishpur

Of every 100 households in Harishpur in 2011, 39 had electricity, 64 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Harishpur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****64%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****35%**

**19%

Tap water ****32%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**92%

Use banking services ****34%**

**38%

Television ****17%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**3%

None of these assets ****26%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Harishpur?

■ Harishpur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.7%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1062**

**962

Working population ****36.8%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.3% for men and 70.9% for women. 63% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 179 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 383 (48%) · **■** Household industry 14 (2%) · **■** Other work 126 (16%) · **■** Marginal 101 (13%)

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 Bongaon

- Chanda2,313 people
- Barddhan Beria2,311 people
- Chamta2,267 people
- Damdama2,264 people
- Gopalnagar2,174 people
- Kamalapur2,102 people
- Panpara2,087 people
- Pirozpur1,992 people

[All 150 villages in Bongaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bongaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Harishpur?2,183 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harishpur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Harishpur?73.7% (Census 2011)