Harashankar Population, Caste, Working Data Purba Medinipur, West Bengal - Census 2011

Harashankar is a village situated in Tamluk block of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 1,022 families residing in the village Harashankar. The total population of Harashankar is 4,379 out of which 2,262 are males and 2,117 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Harashankar is 936.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Harashankar village is 514 which is 12% of the total population. There are 258 male children and 256 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Harashankar is 992 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (936) of Harashankar village.

Population
4,379
Families
1,022
Literacy
88.05%
Sex Ratio
936

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Harashankar is 88%. Thus Harashankar village has higher literacy rate compared to 77% of Purba Medinipur district. The male literacy rate is 95.51% and the female literacy rate is 80.01% in Harashankar village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Harashankar village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Harashankar Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Harashankar village.

Total Male Female
Children 514 258 256
Literacy 88.05% 95.51% 80.01%
Scheduled Caste 596 302 294
Scheduled Tribe 0 0 0
Illiterate 976 348 628

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.6% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0% of total population in Harashankar village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Harashankar village out of total population, 1,962 were engaged in work activities. 91.5% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.5% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1,962 workers engaged in Main Work, 323 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 406 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 1,796 1,273 523
Cultivators 323 287 36
Agriculture Labourer 406 316 90
Household Industries 390 159 231
Other Workers 677 511 166
Marginal Workers 166 66 100
Non Working 2,417 923 1,494

Nearby Villages to Harashankar,

Below are the list of villages near Harashankar village in Tamluk.

Village Population
Harashankar Garkilla 3,808
Nilkanthia 5,236
Sadichak 58
Lohanda 1,515
Rasikpur 1,981
Tulia Jadubar 2,029
Uttar Bagnan 1,441
Kanthibar 2,911
Harasankar Khamarchak 3,072
Damodarpur 987

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