Haripur, Paschim Bardhaman Explained

Haripur
Settlement Type:Census Town
Pushpin Map:India West Bengal#India3
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates:23.6834°N 87.1973°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:West Bengal
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Paschim Bardhaman
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:2.5
Elevation M:14
Population Total:5,910
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages*
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Bengali, Hindi, English
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:713378
Area Code Type:Telephone/ STD code
Area Code:0341
Registration Plate:WB
Blank1 Name Sec1:Lok Sabha constituency
Blank1 Info Sec1:Asansol
Blank2 Name Sec1:Vidhan Sabha constituency
Blank2 Info Sec1:Pandaveswar

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

Location

Haripur is located at 23.6834°N 87.1973°W.

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]

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]

Notes and References

  1. Chattopadhyay, Akkori, p. 36
  2. Web site: District Census Handbook Bardhaman, Series 20, Part XII A, Census of India 2011 . Map of Pandabeswar CD Block, page 243. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal . 7 September 2018.
  3. Web site: District Statistical Handbook 2014 Burdwan . Table 2.2, 2.4(a) . Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal . 15 September 2018 . 21 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook . dead .
  4. Web site: 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables . West Bengal – District-wise . Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India . 20 February 2017 .
  5. Web site: Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional). https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. 2004-06-16. 2008-11-01. Census Commission of India.
  6. Web site: District Census Handbook Barddhaman, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A . 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 . 14 May 2020.
  7. Chattopadhyay, Akkori, Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti (History and Folk lore of Bardhaman District.),, Vol I, p 666, Radical Impression.
  8. Web site: Area wise Closed User Group (CUG) Telephone Numbers . Kajora Area . Eastern Coalfields Limited . 18 August 2018.
  9. Web site: Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways. Department of Road Transport and Highways. 20 February 2017. New Delhi. https://web.archive.org/web/20160201124738/http://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf. 1 February 2016. dead.
  10. http://bardhaman.gov.in/education/schudir.asp 7th All-India School Education Survey 2003
  11. Web site: Details of medical facilities in CIL and its subsidiaries . ECL. CIL. 15 May 2020.