# Harekrishnapur Village, Kaliaganj – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Harekrishnapur

Harekrishnapur is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,320 people in 290 households**, the 59th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 1,320people (2011)
- 290households
- 62.9%literacy
- 1,003females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Harekrishnapur

Of every 100 households in Harekrishnapur in 2011, 56 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Harekrishnapur · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****80%**

**34%

Television ****20%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**20%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.9%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1003**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1109**

**969

Working population ****43.8%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.4% for men and 60.3% for women. 56% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 425 (74%) · **■** Farm labourers 79 (14%) · **■** Other work 34 (6%) · **■** Marginal 40 (7%)

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 Kaliaganj

- Baikunthapur1,372 people
- Kaludanga1,367 people
- Natuadangi1,365 people
- Dhamja1,332 people
- Bhelai1,294 people
- Dakshin Krishnapur1,279 people
- Beurjhari1,259 people
- Jarang1,250 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Harekrishnapur?1,320 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harekrishnapur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Harekrishnapur?62.9% (Census 2011)