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About Harinkhola Village

Harinkhola is a mid sized village in Kulpi tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 738, made up of 397 males and 341 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 163.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743399, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harinkhola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harinkhola village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Kulpi
Pincode 743399
Area (hectares) 163.43 hectares
Population 738
Male Population 397
Female Population 341
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 859
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Harinkhola compares

By the 2011 count Harinkhola is the 109th largest of the 172 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,550 residents. Its 163.43 hectares work out to about 4.5 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 955.

Getting to Harinkhola

The census records public bus service for Harinkhola as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Harinkhola from other places

Harinkhola lies about 22 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Karanjali, about 4.2 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Harinkhola
Nearest railway station Karanjali 4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Kulpi 8.9 km
Nearest town Haldia 18 km
District headquarters South Twenty Four Parganas 22 km

Villages closest to Harinkhola

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kulpi tehsil.

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 Harinkhola

As per the Census of India 2011, Harinkhola village had a population of 738. That makes it the 109th largest of the 172 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,550 residents.

Harinkhola village has 397 males and 341 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harinkhola has about 859 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 955.

The pincode recorded for Harinkhola is 743399. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harinkhola covers 163.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Harinkhola falls under Kulpi tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Harinkhola is Karanjali, about 4.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Harinkhola.

Harinkhola is about 22 km from South Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harinkhola is in Kulpi tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Karanjali is about 4.2 km away. Kulpi is about 8.9 km away. Haldia is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Anduldaha Gopalpur (under 2 km), Chitranagar (under 2 km) and Kalicharanpur (under 2 km).

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

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