| Harindanga | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India West Bengal#India |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in West Bengal##Location in India |
| Coordinates: | 22.2996°N 88.1844°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | West Bengal |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | South 24 Parganas |
| Subdivision Type3: | CD Block |
| Subdivision Name3: | Falta |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.95 |
| Elevation M: | 8 |
| Population Total: | 2171 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Bengali[1] [2] |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Additional official |
| Demographics1 Info2: | English |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 743504 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | +91 3174 |
| Registration Plate: | WB-19 to WB-22, WB-95 to WB-99 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Diamond Harbour |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Falta |
Harindanga is a village and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Falta police station in the Falta CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Diamond Harbour subdivision is a rural subdivision with patches of urbanization. Only 14.61% of the population lives in the urban areas and an overwhelming 85.39% lives in the rural areas. In the western portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 11 census towns. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the western part, located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, is covered by the Kulpi Diamond Harbour Plain, which is 5–6 metres above sea level. Archaeological excavations at Deulpota and Harinarayanpur, on the bank of the Hooghly River indicate the existence of human habitation more than 2,000 years ago.[3] [4] [5]
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Harindanga is located at 22.2996°N 88.1844°W.
According to the 2011 Census of India, Harindanga had a total population of 2,171, of which 1,128 (52%) were males and 1,043 (48%) were females. There were 140 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Harindanga was 1,722 (84.79% of the population over 6 years).[6]
The headquarters of the Falta CD block are located at Harindanga, PO Chaberia,[7] The map of CD block Falta on page 471 in District Census Handbook for South 24 Parganas shows the block headquarters as being located at Harindanga.[8]
A short stretch of the Fatepur-Falta Road links Harindanga to the National Highway 12.[9]
Sadhan Chandra Mahavidyalaya, established in 2007, is affiliated with the University of Calcutta. It offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history, philosophy, education and political science, and a general course in arts.[10]
Harindanga High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1948. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class Xii.[11]
Falta Block Primary Health Centre at Falta, with 10 beds, is the major government medical facility in the Falta CD block.[12]