Village · Baruipur, South Twenty Four Parganas
# Harimul

Harimul is a village in Baruipur sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 2,999 people in 586 households, the 33rd largest of 122 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.
- 2,999 people (2011)
- 586 households
- 67.0% literacy
- 954 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Harimul

Of every 100 households in Harimul in 2011, 74 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Harimul · ■ Baruipur rural average
- Electricity for lighting 74% 55%
- Toilet within the home 54% 61%
- No toilet (open defecation) 46% 35%
- Tap water 0% 35%
- Drinking water within premises 1% 14%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 8%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 85%
- Use banking services 29% 39%
- Television 12% 32%
- Mobile phone 38% 43%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 2% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 2%
- None of these assets 24% 29%
- Own their home 98% 94%

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

## What is the population of Harimul?

■ Harimul · ■ Baruipur rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 67.0% 75.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 954 954
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 961 954
- Working population 30.9% 35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.1% for men and 59.5% for women. 50% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 58 (6%) · ■ Farm labourers 239 (26%) · ■ Household industry 22 (2%) · ■ Other work 206 (22%) · ■ Marginal 401 (43%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Baruipur
- Ramdhari 3,069 people
- Hardaha 3,039 people
- Nor 3,032 people
- Bhatpoa 3,011 people
- Chandkhali 2,970 people
- Dakshin Ghola 2,838 people
- Ratanpur 2,759 people
- Mirpur 2,739 people

All 126 villages in Baruipur

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Harimul? 2,999 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harimul in? South Twenty Four Parganas district (Baruipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Harimul? 67.0% (Census 2011)

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