# Harashankar Garkilla Village, Tamluk – Population & Literacy

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Village · Tamluk, Purba Medinipur 

# Harashankar Garkilla

Harashankar Garkilla is a village in Tamluk sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,808 people in 885 households**, the 11th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.9%.

- 3,808people (2011)
- 885households
- 83.4%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Harashankar Garkilla

Of every 100 households in Harashankar Garkilla in 2011, 37 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Harashankar Garkilla · ■ Tamluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**20%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

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

**7%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****62%**

**91%

Use banking services ****70%**

**45%

Television ****12%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**20%

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 Harashankar Garkilla?

■ Harashankar Garkilla · ■ Tamluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.4%**

**86.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1036**

**972

Working population ****46.1%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.1% for men and 75.3% for women. 61% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 317 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 274 (16%) · **■** Household industry 333 (19%) · **■** Other work 517 (29%) · **■** Marginal 314 (18%)

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 Tamluk

- Purbba Nukha4,766 people
- Uttar Sonamul4,711 people
- Barbarya4,692 people
- Harashankar4,379 people
- Bhubaneswarpur3,787 people
- Banhichar3,670 people
- Kurpai3,367 people
- Murari Kalua3,345 people

[All 99 villages in Tamluk](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/tamluk/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Harashankar Garkilla?3,808 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harashankar Garkilla in?Purba Medinipur district (Tamluk sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Harashankar Garkilla?83.4% (Census 2011)