# Hariharpur Village, Puncha, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Hariharpur

Hariharpur is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,660 people in 336 households**, the 30th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 1,660people (2011)
- 336households
- 58.3%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hariharpur

Of every 100 households in Hariharpur in 2011, 23 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Hariharpur · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

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

**5%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**88%

Use banking services ****47%**

**34%

Television ****11%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Hariharpur?

■ Hariharpur · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.3%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****938**

**969

Working population ****56.6%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.4% for men and 44.2% for women. 55% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 92 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 163 (17%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 86 (9%) · **■** Marginal 594 (63%)

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 Puncha

- Kanara1,836 people
- Maheshpur1,821 people
- Pakbirra1,754 people
- Delang1,739 people
- Poradi1,659 people
- Tatari1,622 people
- Noagarh1,605 people
- Gholkund1,566 people

[All 109 villages in Puncha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/puncha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hariharpur?1,660 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hariharpur in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hariharpur?58.3% (Census 2011)