Haripur observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of West Bengal.
Haripur is a village in Rajnagar mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, with a population of 1,155 in 271 households. The village has a literacy rate of 58.4% and is located at 23.885°N, 87.426°E.
By population, Haripur ranks #13 of 98 villages in Rajnagar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Haripur is a village of 1,155 people in 271 households (Census 2011) in Rajnagar block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 13th-largest of 98 villages in Rajnagar block. Literacy is 58%, about the same as the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 866 women per 1,000 men. It lies 30 km from the Birbhum district centre, 11 km from Pratappur, the nearest town, 6 km from Kachujor railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731126, served by Karidhya post office; the LGD village code is 316986. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC, Chakdaha, 7 km away. The sarpanch is JABA KISKU, and the village votes in Suri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jagannath Chattopadhyay. The population is estimated at 1,362 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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