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

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Village · Kulpi, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Harishpur

Harishpur is a village in Kulpi sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **475 people in 96 households**, the 133rd largest of 172 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.6%.

- 475people (2011)
- 96households
- 64.5%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Harishpur

Of every 100 households in Harishpur in 2011, 76 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Harishpur · ■ Kulpi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**61%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**2%

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

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****8%**

**24%

Television ****15%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****0%**

**44%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 · ■ Kulpi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.5%**

**75.6%

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

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****917**

**972

Working population ****30.7%**

**33.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.5% for men and 49.3% for women. 59% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 3 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 45 (31%) · **■** Household industry 7 (5%) · **■** Other work 61 (42%) · **■** Marginal 30 (21%)

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 Kulpi

- Sadashibpur514 people
- Paschim Raipur507 people
- Chak Ramnath493 people
- Rangilabad476 people
- Arunbaria447 people
- Dakshin Ballavpur441 people
- Dakshin Sultanpur433 people
- Bhairabitala390 people

[All 180 villages in Kulpi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/kulpi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Harishpur?475 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harishpur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Kulpi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Harishpur?64.5% (Census 2011)