Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur
# Hari Pur

Hari Pur is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,050 people in 258 households, the 53rd largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 96.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.
- 1,050 people (2011)
- 258 households
- 96.3% literacy
- 882 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hari Pur

Of every 100 households in Hari Pur in 2011, 60 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Hari Pur · ■ Contai - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 60% 51%
- Toilet within the home 100% 94%
- No toilet (open defecation) 0% 5%
- Tap water 1% 11%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 15%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 91%
- Use banking services 60% 43%
- Television 5% 18%
- Mobile phone 12% 46%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 3% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 28% 25%
- Own their home 85% 96%

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

## What is the population of Hari Pur?

■ Hari Pur · ■ Contai - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 96.3% 89.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 882 940
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 797 956
- Working population 40.1% 36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.4% for men and 95.0% for women. 61% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 100 (24%) · ■ Farm labourers 81 (19%) · ■ Household industry 5 (1%) · ■ Other work 124 (29%) · ■ Marginal 111 (26%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Contai - I
- Akandi 1,068 people
- Paschim Rasulpur 1,063 people
- Betgerya 1,055 people
- Gamartalia 1,050 people
- Mahishgot 1,033 people
- Bahulia 1,018 people
- Bhandu Basan 1,014 people
- Maisali 1,002 people

All 225 villages in Contai - I

## Other places named Hari Pur
- Haripur · Village, Sikta, Pashchim Champaran · 12,959 people
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- Haripur · Village, Miraj, Sangli · 7,595 people
- Haripur · Village, Haroa, North Twenty Four Parganas · 6,315 people
- Haripur · Town, Barddhaman · 5,910 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Hari Pur? 1,050 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hari Pur in? Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hari Pur? 96.3% (Census 2011)

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