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

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Harpara

Harpara is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **732 people in 152 households**, the 95th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 732people (2011)
- 152households
- 79.6%literacy
- 887females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Harpara

Of every 100 households in Harpara in 2011, 80 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Harpara · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**3%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****89%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**91%

Use banking services ****2%**

**47%

Television ****10%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****23%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.6%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****887**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****833**

**965

Working population ****36.1%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.0% for men and 75.8% for women. 60% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 95 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 85 (32%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 52 (20%) · **■** Marginal 30 (11%)

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 Gaighata

- Noradaha888 people
- Nalkura844 people
- Garibpur776 people
- Kaipukharia755 people
- Faridkati584 people
- Raghunandanpur486 people
- Sonatikri469 people
- Chakjhaudanga412 people

[All 100 villages in Gaighata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/gaighata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Harpara?732 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harpara in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Harpara?79.6% (Census 2011)