# Haratan Village, Jhalda - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Haratan

Haratan is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **965 people in 205 households**, the 49th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 965people (2011)
- 205households
- 48.0%literacy
- 994females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Haratan

Of every 100 households in Haratan in 2011, 9 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Haratan · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****1%**

**30%

Television ****5%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****46%**

**35%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Haratan?

■ Haratan · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.0%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****783**

**973

Working population ****59.2%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.7% for men and 33.7% for women. 59% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 168 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (7%) · **■** Household industry 11 (2%) · **■** Other work 139 (24%) · **■** Marginal 212 (37%)

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 Jhalda - II

- Guridi1,008 people
- Nalkapi982 people
- Hetbatari973 people
- Pargo966 people
- Rampur929 people
- Shyampur910 people
- Hankasara906 people
- Raghunathpur887 people

[All 129 villages in Jhalda - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Haratan?965 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Haratan in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Haratan?48.0% (Census 2011)