Harua

Harua
Village
Nickname:  Haroa
Harua Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Harua Harua (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 24°31′33″N87°59′23″E / 24.5257°N 87.9898°E / 24.5257; 87.9898
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Murshidabad
Population  (2011)
• Total	9,012
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	731221
ISO 3166 code	IN-WB
Lok Sabha constituency	Jangipur
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Suti.
Website	murshidabad.nic.in

Harua is a village and gram panchayat in the Suti I CD block in the Jangipur subdivision of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India. ^[1]

Geography

5km
3miles

B

A

N

G

L

A

D

E

S

H

Kherur Mosque

H

Bhagirathi River

Bansloi River

Farakka Feeder Canal

Padma River

Rajnagar

R

Nurpur

R

Sagardighi

R

Sadikpur

R

Raghunathganj

R

Morgram

R

Manigram

R

Harua

R

Bansabati

R

Ahiran

R

Jangipur

M

Sagardighi TPS

FV

AMU: Murshidabad Centre

F

Bara Jumla

CT

Krishna Sali

CT

Teghari

CT

Donalia

CT

Khodarampur

CT

Osmanpur

CT

Jot Kamal

CT

Mithipur

CT

Giria

CT

Mirzapur

CT

Ramnagar

CT

Dafarpur

CT

Charka

CT

Srikantabati

CT

Ghorsala

CT

Nayabahadurpur

CT

Madna

CT

Fatellapur

CT

Ramakantapur

CT

  

Cities, towns and locations in the southern portion of Jangipur subdivision, Murshidabad district (including Suti I, Raghunathganj I, Raghunathganj II, and Sagardighi CD blocks)
M: municipal town, CT: census town, R: rural / urban centre, F: Facility
Abbreviation: TPS: Thermal Power Station, AMU: Aligarh Muslim University
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly.

Location

Harua is located at 24°31′33″N87°59′23″E / 24.5257°N 87.9898°E / 24.5257; 87.9898 .

Area overview

Jangipur subdivision is crowded with 52 census towns. The subdivision is located in the Rarh region that is spread over from adjoining Santhal Pargana division of Jharkhand. The land is slightly higher in altitude than the surrounding plains and is gently undulating. ^{[2] [3]} The river Ganges, along with its distributaries, is prominent nearby. At the head of the subdivision is the 2,245 m long Farakka Barrage, one of the largest projects of its kind in the country. ^[4] Murshidabad district shares with Bangladesh a porous international border which is notoriously crime prone. ^[5] The subdivision has two large power plants—the 2,100 MW Farakka Super Thermal Power Station and the 1,600 MW Sagardighi Thermal Power Station. ^{[6] [7]} According to a 2016 report, there are around 1,000,000 (1 million / ten lakh) workers engaged in the beedi industry in Jangipur subdivision. 90% are home-based and 70% of the home-based workers are women. ^{[8] [9] [10]} As of 2013, an estimated 2.4 million people reside along the banks of the Ganges alone in Murshidabad district. Severe erosion occurs along the banks. ^[11]

Note: The two maps present some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the maps are linked in the larger full screen maps.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census of India, Harua had a total population of 9,012, of which 4,613 (51%) were males and 4,399 (49%) were females. The population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,664. The total number of literate people in Harua was 3,382 (46.03% of the population over 6 years old). ^[12]

Economy

In this area, United Bank of India has Harua branch.

Education

• Harowa High School, Harua
• Nayagram Y. M. High School, Suti I

References

1. Harua Population - Murshidabad, West Bengal. Census 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
2. "District Census Handbook: Murshidabad, Series 20 Part XII A" (PDF). Physiography, Page 13. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
3. "Murshidabad". Geography. Murshidabad district authorities. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
4. "Farakka Barrage Project". FBP. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
5. "Child labour, illness & lost childhoods, India's tobacco industry". Edge of Humanity Magazine, 27 December 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
6. "Power Generation". Farakka. NTPC. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
7. "The West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited". Sagardighi Thermal Power Project. WBPDCL. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
8. Kar, Sunirmal. "Child workers in household industry: a study of beedi industry in Murshidabad district of West Bengal" (PDF). Viswa Bharati University thesis, page 5. Shodhganga. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
9. "The 'Poor man's cigarette'". Gurvinder Singh. The Statesman, 22 January 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
10. "Beedi workers of Jangipur hold key". Indrani Dutta. The Hindu, 1 May 2009. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
11. "Types and sources of floods in Murshidabad, West Bengal" (PDF). Swati Mollah. Indian Journal of Applied Research, February 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
12. "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 23 June 2018.