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About Harighat Village

Harighat is a small village in Ranaghat II tehsil, in the district of Nadia, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 430, made up of 228 males and 202 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 741238, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harighat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harighat village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Nadia
Tehsil Ranaghat II
Pincode 741238
Area (hectares) 78.95 hectares
Population 430
Male Population 228
Female Population 202
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 886
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Harighat compares

By the 2011 count Harighat is the 102nd largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,897 residents. Its 78.95 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 940.

Getting to Harighat

Harighat is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Harighat as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Gopinagar Baghadanga, Gourisail, Hajrapur and Halalpur Krishnapur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Harighat

As per the Census of India 2011, Harighat village had a population of 430. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,897 residents.

Harighat village has 228 males and 202 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harighat has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 940.

The pincode recorded for Harighat is 741238. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harighat covers 78.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Harighat falls under Ranaghat II tehsil of Nadia district in West Bengal.

The census record for Harighat notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Harighat.

Harighat is in Ranaghat II tehsil of Nadia district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Harighat today is likely to be higher.

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