# Harkandi Village, Pingla, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Harkandi

Harkandi is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **629 people in 147 households**, the 99th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 629people (2011)
- 147households
- 92.4%literacy
- 861females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Harkandi

Of every 100 households in Harkandi in 2011, 45 had electricity, 64 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Harkandi · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**41%

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

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****36%**

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****70%**

**60%

Television ****15%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****10%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Harkandi?

■ Harkandi · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.4%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****861**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****780**

**942

Working population ****70.3%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 99.0% for men and 84.9% for women. 73% of men and 67% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 149 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (5%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 47 (11%) · **■** Marginal 220 (50%)

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 Pingla

- Panchgerya674 people
- Bhusalya650 people
- Ptatap Chak647 people
- Barai634 people
- Dyaora620 people
- Sangram Chak619 people
- Kholageria616 people
- Rajma604 people

[All 182 villages in Pingla](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/pingla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Harkandi?629 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harkandi in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Harkandi?92.4% (Census 2011)