# Harishpur Village, Gosaba – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Gosaba, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Harishpur

Harishpur is a village in Gosaba sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,878 people in 1,192 households**, the 21st largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 4,878people (2011)
- 1,192households
- 79.9%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Harishpur

Of every 100 households in Harishpur in 2011, 1 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Harishpur · ■ Gosaba rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**23%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**0%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****46%**

**35%

Television ****5%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****55%**

**51%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Harishpur?

■ Harishpur · ■ Gosaba rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.9%**

**79.0%

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

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1047**

**981

Working population ****57.6%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.2% for men and 71.0% for women. 64% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 294 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 388 (14%) · **■** Household industry 32 (1%) · **■** Other work 122 (4%) · **■** Marginal 1,976 (70%)

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 Gosaba

- Gosaba5,369 people
- Birajnagar5,328 people
- Kachu Khali5,176 people
- Dayapur4,972 people
- Radhanagar Purba4,583 people
- Kamakhyapur4,577 people
- Luxbagan4,504 people
- Radhanagar Dakshin4,475 people

[All 51 villages in Gosaba](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/gosaba/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Harishpur?4,878 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harishpur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Gosaba sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Harishpur?79.9% (Census 2011)