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About Harki Village

Harki is a small village in Jhargram tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 314, made up of 140 males and 174 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,243 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721505, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harki village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Jhargram
Pincode 721505
Area (hectares) 43.63 hectares
Population 314
Male Population 140
Female Population 174
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,243
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Harki compares

By the 2011 count Harki is the 187th largest of the 442 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 358 residents. Its 43.63 hectares work out to about 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Harki

Harki is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Harki as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Gurgurisol, Guri Pukur, Harekrishnapur and Hariadhara. 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 Harki

As per the Census of India 2011, Harki village had a population of 314. That makes it the 187th largest of the 442 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 358 residents.

Harki village has 140 males and 174 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harki has about 1243 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Harki is 721505. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harki covers 43.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Harki falls under Jhargram tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Harki notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Harki.

Harki is in Jhargram tehsil of Paschim Medinipur 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 Harki today is likely to be higher.

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