Haripal (community development block)

Haripal হরিপাল
Community development block সমষ্টি উন্নয়ন ব্লক
Haripal Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates:
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Hooghly
Area
• Total	184.40 km2 (71.20 sq mi)
Population (2001)
• Total	235,671
• Density	1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Literacy	51.27%
Lok Sabha constituency	Arambagh
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Haripal
Website	hooghly.gov.in

Haripal is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Chandannagore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

Haripal is located at .

Haripal CD Block has an area of 184.40  km².

Gram panchayats

Gram panchayats of Haripal block/ panchayat samiti are: Bandipur, Chandanpur, Dwarhata, Haripal-Asutosh, Haripal-Sahadev, Haripur-Kinkarbati, Jejur, Kaikala, Nalikul-Paschim, Nalikul-Purba, Narayanpur-Bahirkhand, Olipur-Kashipur, Pantra, Paschim Gopinathpur and Sripatipur-Elipur.

Demographics

As per 2001 census, Haripal block had a total population of 235,671, out of which 118,464 were males and 117,207 were females. Haripal block registered a population growth of 14.29 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade. Decadal growth for Hooghly district was 15.72 per cent. Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent.

Literacy

As per the 2001 census, Pursurah block had a total literacy of 51.27 per cent. While male literacy was 71.43 per cent, female literacy was 41.96 per cent.

Economics

Agriculture

This is a rich agricultural area with several cold storages. Though rice is the prime crop of the district, the agricultural economy largely depends on potato, jute, vegetables and orchard products. Vegetable is a prize crop in the blocks of Haripal, Singur, Chanditala, Polba and Dhaniakhali being grown in a relay system throughout the year. Though potato is cultivated in all the blocks of this district Dhaniakhali, Arambagh, Goghat, Pursurah, Haripal, Polba-Dadpur, Tarakeswar, Pandua and Singur contributed much of its production of this district.

Some of the primary and other hats or markets in the Haripal block area are: Basudevpur hat, Bondipur hat, Dar hatta hat, Jejur Daily Market, Kaikala hat, Kalchara hat, Nalikul hat, Sipaigachi hat, Jagin market, Haripal Barabazar and Haripal Station Bazar.

Transport

Haripal is a station on the Howrah-Tarakeswar line and is part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system. It is 45 kilometres (28 mi) from Howrah.

Communication

Champadanga area exchange with code 3212 serves: Begampur, Bhagabatipur, Champadanga, Chanditala, Dihi-badpur, Dwarhatta, Eksara, Gopinagar, Haripal, Harinkhola, Jangipara, Jinpur, Masat, Nalipur, Rajbalhat, Shaympur, Tarakeswar.