Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur
# Harashankarpur

Harashankarpur is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,198 people in 297 households, the 89th largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.
- 1,198 people (2011)
- 297 households
- 87.7% literacy
- 926 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Harashankarpur

Of every 100 households in Harashankarpur in 2011, 28 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Harashankarpur · ■ Panskura rural average
- Electricity for lighting 28% 63%
- Toilet within the home 93% 75%
- No toilet (open defecation) 6% 22%
- Tap water 0% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 8% 8%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 93%
- Use banking services 25% 36%
- Television 18% 26%
- Mobile phone 57% 48%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 4% 8%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 9% 15%
- Own their home 95% 97%

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

## What is the population of Harashankarpur?

■ Harashankarpur · ■ Panskura rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 87.7% 83.7%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 926 946
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 852 949
- Working population 45.3% 45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.8% for men and 80.2% for women. 61% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 135 (25%) · ■ Farm labourers 82 (15%) · ■ Household industry 2 (0%) · ■ Other work 98 (18%) · ■ Marginal 226 (42%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Panskura
- Purbba Shuktia 1,244 people
- Jardai 1,241 people
- Palsa 1,239 people
- Ratulia Dalbar 1,228 people
- Uttar Chanchiara 1,197 people
- Sahalajpur 1,194 people
- Erapur Shiromani Chak 1,186 people
- Jagatpur 1,184 people

All 230 villages in Panskura

## Other places named Harashankarpur
- Harashankarpur · Village, Debra, Paschim Medinipur · 44 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Harashankarpur? 1,198 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harashankarpur in? Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Harashankarpur? 87.7% (Census 2011)

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