# Harasanda Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Harasanda

Harasanda is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,299 people in 260 households**, the 107th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 1,299people (2011)
- 260households
- 53.5%literacy
- 1,030females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Harasanda

Of every 100 households in Harasanda in 2011, 26 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Harasanda · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**78%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****73%**

**60%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**96%

Use banking services ****24%**

**19%

Television ****21%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**28%

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 Harasanda?

■ Harasanda · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.5%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1030**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1102**

**943

Working population ****42.9%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.3% for men and 43.9% for women. 52% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 95 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 204 (37%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 72 (13%) · **■** Marginal 184 (33%)

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 Karandighi

- Khudar Gachhi1,318 people
- Mehandabari1,307 people
- Dalmadh1,302 people
- Kantirpa1,301 people
- Chand Gola1,286 people
- Temarpur1,281 people
- Mirzadpur1,270 people
- Paran Nagar1,262 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Harasanda?1,299 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harasanda in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Harasanda?53.5% (Census 2011)