Village · Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur
# Harishpur

Harishpur is a village in Midnapore sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,159 people in 251 households, the 46th largest of 232 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.
- 1,159 people (2011)
- 251 households
- 79.1% literacy
- 998 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Harishpur

Of every 100 households in Harishpur in 2011, 71 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Harishpur · ■ Midnapore rural average
- Electricity for lighting 71% 62%
- Toilet within the home 25% 30%
- No toilet (open defecation) 72% 68%
- Tap water 0% 15%
- Drinking water within premises 25% 18%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 5% 5%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 93% 90%
- Use banking services 15% 32%
- Television 26% 18%
- Mobile phone 17% 29%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 11% 9%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 15% 25%
- Own their home 97% 97%

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

## What is the population of Harishpur?

■ Harishpur · ■ Midnapore rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 79.1% 70.5%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 998 966
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 821 968
- Working population 37.0% 41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.1% for men and 73.3% for women. 60% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 48 (11%) · ■ Farm labourers 128 (30%) · ■ Household industry 17 (4%) · ■ Other work 210 (49%) · ■ Marginal 26 (6%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Midnapore
- Bagdubi 1,243 people
- Lohatikri 1,215 people
- Bishripat 1,188 people
- Kakhua 1,168 people
- Goaldanga 1,135 people
- Ghurachak 1,120 people
- Juarhati 1,102 people
- Nepura 1,044 people

All 271 villages in Midnapore

## Other places named Harishpur
- Harishpur · Town, Barddhaman · 8,980 people
- Harishpur · Village, Gosaba, South Twenty Four Parganas · 4,878 people
- Harishpur · Village, Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur · 2,349 people
- Harishpur · Village, Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas · 2,183 people
- Harishpur · Village, Maheshpur, Pakur · 1,720 people
- Harishpur · Village, Hariharpara, Murshidabad · 1,289 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Harishpur? 1,159 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harishpur in? Paschim Medinipur district (Midnapore sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Harishpur? 79.1% (Census 2011)

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