# Haripur Village, Nandigram - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Nandigram - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Haripur

Haripur is a village in Nandigram - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,400 people in 901 households**, the 11th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.8%.

- 4,400people (2011)
- 901households
- 88.0%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Haripur

Of every 100 households in Haripur in 2011, 46 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Haripur · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**11%

Tap water ****17%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**92%

Use banking services ****55%**

**31%

Television ****19%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**32%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Haripur?

■ Haripur · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.0%**

**84.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1109**

**922

Working population ****33.8%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.7% for men and 82.9% for women. 57% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 149 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 193 (13%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 372 (25%) · **■** Marginal 763 (51%)

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 Nandigram - I

- Daudpur6,132 people
- Sona Chura5,736 people
- Amgechhya5,333 people
- Gangra4,719 people
- Gar Chakra Berya4,274 people
- Naynan4,227 people
- Dinabandhupur3,999 people
- Kanchan Nagar3,919 people

[All 98 villages in Nandigram - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nandigram-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Haripur?4,400 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Haripur in?Purba Medinipur district (Nandigram - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Haripur?88.0% (Census 2011)