Village · Deganga, North Twenty Four Parganas
# Harpukuria

Harpukuria is a village in Deganga sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,519 people in 342 households, the 79th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.5%.
- 1,519 people (2011)
- 342 households
- 63.0% literacy
- 1,015 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Harpukuria

Of every 100 households in Harpukuria in 2011, 0 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Harpukuria · ■ Deganga rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 43%
- Toilet within the home 45% 89%
- No toilet (open defecation) 55% 8%
- Tap water 0% 13%
- Drinking water within premises 8% 42%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 4%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 98% 90%
- Use banking services 53% 42%
- Television 0% 15%
- Mobile phone 13% 43%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 1% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 2%
- None of these assets 42% 22%
- Own their home 99% 95%

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

## What is the population of Harpukuria?

■ Harpukuria · ■ Deganga rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 63.0% 79.5%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1015 957
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1108 969
- Working population 31.3% 35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.5% for men and 62.5% for women. 58% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 43 (9%) · ■ Farm labourers 163 (34%) · ■ Household industry 53 (11%) · ■ Other work 54 (11%) · ■ Marginal 163 (34%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Deganga
- Ballabhpur 1,742 people
- Bashbaruni 1,668 people
- Gangdhulat 1,606 people
- Khanpur 1,525 people
- Ponditpol 1,421 people
- Birampur Kamaruli 1,392 people
- Ekrullya 1,372 people
- Kalijug Biswanathpur 1,359 people

All 107 villages in Deganga

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Harpukuria? 1,519 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harpukuria in? North Twenty Four Parganas district (Deganga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Harpukuria? 63.0% (Census 2011)

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