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Harashankar Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Harashankar is a large village located in Tamluk Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 1022 families residing. The Harashankar village has population of 4379 of which 2262 are males while 2117 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Harashankar village population of children with age 0-6 is 514 which makes up 11.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Harashankar village is 936 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Harashankar as per census is 992, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Harashankar village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Harashankar village was 88.05 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Harashankar Male literacy stands at 95.51 % while female literacy rate was 80.01 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Harashankar village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Harashankar village.

Harashankar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,022 - -
Population 4,379 2,262 2,117
Child (0-6) 514 258 256
Schedule Caste 596 302 294
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 88.05 % 95.51 % 80.01 %
Total Workers 1,962 1,339 623
Main Worker 1,796 - -
Marginal Worker 166 66 100

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.61 % of total population in Harashankar village. The village Harashankar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Harashankar village out of total population, 1962 were engaged in work activities. 91.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1962 workers engaged in Main Work, 323 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 406 were Agricultural labourer.