# Harekrishnapur Village, Basanti – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basanti, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Harekrishnapur

Harekrishnapur is a village in Basanti sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,905 people in 660 households**, the 44th largest of 64 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 2,905people (2011)
- 660households
- 79.2%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Harekrishnapur

Of every 100 households in Harekrishnapur in 2011, 2 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Harekrishnapur · ■ Basanti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****41%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**57%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**2%

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

**0%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****16%**

**18%

Television ****8%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****35%**

**46%

Own their home ****97%**

**98%

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 Harekrishnapur?

■ Harekrishnapur · ■ Basanti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.2%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1092**

**971

Working population ****52.8%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.7% for men and 71.3% for women. 64% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 295 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 832 (54%) · **■** Household industry 125 (8%) · **■** Other work 118 (8%) · **■** Marginal 164 (11%)

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 Basanti

- Bugulakhali3,251 people
- Ballartop3,137 people
- Harbhangi3,023 people
- Ranigar2,973 people
- Parandar2,693 people
- Kumirmari2,644 people
- Laskarpur2,600 people
- Charanikhali2,316 people

[All 66 villages in Basanti](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/basanti/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Harekrishnapur?2,905 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harekrishnapur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Basanti sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Harekrishnapur?79.2% (Census 2011)