Haripur, Paschim Bardhaman
Haripur | |
|---|---|
Census Town | |
  Haripur Location in West Bengal, India  Haripur Haripur (India) | |
| Coordinates: 23°41′00″N 87°11′50″E / 23.68336°N 87.197346°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Bardhaman |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.5 km2 (1.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 14 m (46 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 5,910 |
| • Density | 2,400/km2 (6,100/sq mi) |
| Languages* | |
| • Official | Bengali, Hindi, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 713378 |
| Telephone/ STD code | 0341 |
| Vehicle registration | WB |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Asansol |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Pandaveswar |
| Website | paschimbardhaman |
Haripur is a census town in the Pandabeswar CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
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MC: Municipal Corporation, CT: census town, R: rural administrative centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Location
Haripur is located at 23°41′00″N 87°11′50″E / 23.68336°N 87.197346°E.
Tumni, a small stream, originates near Chichuria village in the area, flows parallel to the Ajay and joins it near Shyamarupagarh.[1]
Konardihi, Nabgram, Chak Bankola, Sankarpur, Haripur, Bahula, Chhora and Parashkol form a cluster of census towns in the southern portion of Pandabeswar CD block.[2]
Urbanisation
According to the 2011 census, 79.22% of the population of the Durgapur subdivision was urban and 20.78% was rural. The Durgapur subdivision has 1 municipal corporation at Durgapur and 38 (+1 partly) census towns (partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map).[3]
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Haripur had a total population of 5,910, of which 3,107 (53%) were males and 2,803 (47%) were females. Population in the age range years was 703. The total number of literate persons in Haripur was 4,140 (79.51% of the population over 6 years).[4]
*For language details see Pandabeswar (community development block)#Language and religion
As of 2001[update] India census,[5] Haripur had a population of 6,888. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Haripur has an average literacy rate of 61%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 50%. In Haripur, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age. Even with such fewer inhabitants, the place boasts of a Petrol Pump and a nationalised bank.
Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bardhaman, Haripur covered an area of 2.5 km2. Among the civic amenities, the protected water-supply involved service reservoir, tap water from treated sources, uncovered wells. It had 492 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had were 1 dispensary/ health centre, 1 maternity/ child welfare centre, 1 nursing home, 1 charitable hospital/ nursing home, 3 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 6 primary schools, 1 middle school, the nearest secondary school, senior secondary school at Bahula 4 km away. Among the important commodities it produced were coal, paddy, mustard oil.[6]
Economy
It is in the heart of the coal mining zone.[7]
As per the ECL website telephone numbers, operational collieries in the Kenda Area in 2018 are: Bahula Colliery, Chora Block Incline, CI Jambad Colliery, Chora OCP, Haripur Colliery, Lower Kenda Colliery, New Kenda Colliery, Siduli Colliery, SK OCP, West Kenda OCP.[8]
Transport
National Highway 14 (old number NH 60) passes through Haripur.[9]
Education
Haripur has three primary schools,[10] one Urdu primary school and one Madhyamik Sikha Kendra (MSK).
Healthcare
Medical facilities (hospital/ dispensary) in the Kenda Area of ECL are available at Chhora Regional Hospital (with 30 beds) (PO Bahula), New Kenda (PO New Kenda), Lower Kenda (PO Haripur), Bahula (PO Bahula), CI Jambad (PO Bahula), Siduli (PO Siduli), Haripur (PO Haripur), CBI (PO Haripur), Chora Group pits (PO Haripur).[11]
References
- ^ Chattopadhyay, Akkori, p. 36
- ^ "District Census Handbook Bardhaman, Series 20, Part XII A, Census of India 2011" (PDF). Map of Pandabeswar CD Block, page 243. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Burdwan". Table 2.2, 2.4(a). Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
- ^ "District Census Handbook Barddhaman, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Section II Town Directory, Pages 1179-1210; Statement I: Status and Growth History, Page 1179; Statement II: Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, Page 1188; Statement III: Civic and other Amenities, Page 1191; Statement IV: Medical Facilities, Page 1196; Statement V: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities, Page 1200; Statement VI:Industry and Banking, Page 1209. Directorate of census Operations V, West Bengal. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ Chattopadhyay, Akkori, Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti (History and Folk lore of Bardhaman District.), (in Bengali) , Vol I, p 666, Radical Impression. ISBN 81-85459-36-3
- ^ "Area wise Closed User Group (CUG) Telephone Numbers" (PDF). Kajora Area. Eastern Coalfields Limited. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways" (PDF). New Delhi: Department of Road Transport and Highways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ 7th All-India School Education Survey 2003 Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Details of medical facilities in CIL and its subsidiaries". ECL. CIL. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
