# Harkuchia, Egra - II, Purba Medinipur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Egra - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Harkuchia

Harkuchia is a village in [Egra - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-ii/) sub-district of [Purba Medinipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,416 people in 309 households**, the 40th largest of 115 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 1,416people (2011)
- 309households
- 89.3%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Harkuchia

Of every 100 households in Harkuchia in 2011, 34 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Harkuchia · ■ Egra - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****38%**

**33%

Television ****11%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**32%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Harkuchia?

■ Harkuchia · ■ Egra - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.3%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****919**

**953

Working population ****30.6%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.3% for men and 83.2% for women. 54% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 76 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 167 (38%) · **■** Household industry 23 (5%) · **■** Other work 50 (12%) · **■** Marginal 118 (27%)

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 Egra - II

- Chhota Rasulpur1,524 people
- Urijalkar Urf Taramridha1,453 people
- Chirulia1,437 people
- Shyampur1,422 people
- Sahapur1,409 people
- Gangadhar Bar1,392 people
- Uttar Pathari1,353 people
- Garia1,325 people

[All 117 villages in Egra - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Harkuchia?1,416 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harkuchia in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Harkuchia?89.3% (Census 2011)