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

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Harma

Harma is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,275 people in 295 households**, the 44th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 1,275people (2011)
- 295households
- 80.7%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Harma

Of every 100 households in Harma in 2011, 46 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Harma · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****71%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****75%**

**60%

Television ****24%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**0%

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

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Harma?

■ Harma · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.7%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****847**

**942

Working population ****40.3%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.6% for men and 72.2% for women. 58% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 106 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 78 (15%) · **■** Other work 114 (22%) · **■** Marginal 216 (42%)

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

- Ujan1,415 people
- Surat Chak1,289 people
- Naratha1,284 people
- Makarda1,282 people
- Ghoramara1,259 people
- Dhaneshwarpur Madhya Bar1,247 people
- Gokul Chak1,153 people
- Belar1,152 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Harma?1,275 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harma in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Harma?80.7% (Census 2011)