# Haripur Village, Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Haripur

Haripur is a village in Potashpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **653 people in 141 households**, the 91st largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 653people (2011)
- 141households
- 91.5%literacy
- 985females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Haripur

Of every 100 households in Haripur in 2011, 1 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Haripur · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

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

**24%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****12%**

**36%

Television ****0%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**21%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Haripur?

■ Haripur · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.5%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****985**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1098**

**943

Working population ****43.2%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.9% for men and 84.9% for women. 59% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 58 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 66 (23%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 48 (17%) · **■** Marginal 107 (38%)

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 Potashpur - II

- Erabar704 people
- Patna699 people
- Dakshin Burijor685 people
- Batia664 people
- Buran652 people
- Chak Kandu634 people
- Kamalpur632 people
- Chak Padu631 people

[All 151 villages in Potashpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Haripur?653 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Haripur in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Haripur?91.5% (Census 2011)