# Malaya Harishpur Village, Falta – Population & Literacy

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/falta/malaya-harishpur/

Village · Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Malaya Harishpur

Malaya Harishpur is a village in Falta sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,336 people in 338 households**, the 67th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 1,336people (2011)
- 338households
- 89.0%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Malaya Harishpur

Of every 100 households in Malaya Harishpur in 2011, 71 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Malaya Harishpur · ■ Falta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****71%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****33%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**91%

Use banking services ****44%**

**37%

Television ****47%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**37%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Malaya Harishpur?

■ Malaya Harishpur · ■ Falta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.0%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1041**

**965

Working population ****34.2%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.7% for men and 83.1% for women. 63% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 74 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (4%) · **■** Other work 236 (52%) · **■** Marginal 129 (28%)

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

- Sahapur Kamalpur1,423 people
- Hogla1,417 people
- Benapur1,373 people
- Barabere1,359 people
- Aldadpur1,318 people
- Mallikpur1,307 people
- Barhay Batpur1,292 people
- Kodalia1,281 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 Malaya Harishpur?1,336 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Malaya Harishpur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Falta sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Malaya Harishpur?89.0% (Census 2011)