# Hangarghata Harishpur Village, Falta – Population & Literacy

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Village · Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Hangarghata Harishpur

Hangarghata Harishpur is a village in Falta sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,505 people in 592 households**, the 30th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 2,505people (2011)
- 592households
- 73.9%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Hangarghata Harishpur

Of every 100 households in Hangarghata Harishpur in 2011, 65 had electricity, 53 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Hangarghata Harishpur · ■ Falta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****65%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****53%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****47%**

**49%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

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

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**91%

Use banking services ****36%**

**37%

Television ****38%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**37%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Hangarghata Harishpur?

■ Hangarghata Harishpur · ■ Falta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.9%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****991**

**965

Working population ****36.1%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.2% for men and 65.1% for women. 62% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 93 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 178 (20%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 362 (40%) · **■** Marginal 259 (29%)

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 Falta

- Ghanasyampur2,651 people
- Punya2,583 people
- Dostapur2,538 people
- Nityanandapur2,529 people
- Kantalfuli2,429 people
- Srirampur2,353 people
- Chaka2,340 people
- Niyogirat2,314 people

[All 129 villages in Falta](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/falta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Hangarghata Harishpur?2,505 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hangarghata Harishpur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Falta sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Hangarghata Harishpur?73.9% (Census 2011)