Harinavi
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Harinavi হরিনাভি |
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| Town | |
 Harinavi
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| Coordinates: 22°16′N 88°15′E / 22.26°N 88.25°ECoordinates: 22°16′N 88°15′E / 22.26°N 88.25°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | South 24 Parganas |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 336,390 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 700148 |
| Website | s24pgs |
Harinavi is a town and a municipality under Sonarpur police station of Baruipur subdivision in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. While they form a common municipality both the places are also identified individually.
Harinavi is located at 22°16′N 88°15′E / 22.26°N 88.25°E.
As of 2001[update] India census, Harinavi is situated in Rajpur Sonarpur Municipality have area and population of 55.30 km2. and 336,707 respectively. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Harinavi has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 73%. In Harinavi, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.
With the partition of India there was a massive influx of refugees from East Pakistan into Kolkata and its peripheral areas. Of over a million refugees who entered West Bengal in 1950 alone settled mostly in squatter colonies between Naihati and Harinavi on the east bank of the Hooghly and between Mogra and Uluberia on the west bank.
There are two major schools in the locality, one is a boy school called Harinavi DVAS High School and the other one is a girl school called Subhashini Balika Vidyalaya.
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