Harirampur is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Gangarampur subdivision of Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

In 1947, the Radcliffe Line placed the Sadar and Thakurgaon subdivisions of Dinajpur district in East Pakistan.

In order to restore territorial links between northern and southern parts of West Bengal which had been snapped during the partition of Bengal, and on the recommendations of the States Reorganisation Commission a portion of the erstwhile Kishanganj subdivision comprising Goalpokhar, Islampur and Chopra thanas (police stations) and parts of Thakurganj thana, along with the adjacent parts of the erstwhile Gopalpur thana in Katihar subdivision were transferred from Purnea district in Bihar to West Bengal in 1956, and were formally incorporated into Raiganj subdivision in West Dinajpur.

Dakshin Dinajpur district is physiographically a part of the Barind Tract.

[11] As per 2011 Census of India, Harirampur CD Block had a total population of 136,853, of which 131,832 were rural and 5,021 were urban.

[12] Other villages in Harirampur CD Block included (2011 population in brackets): Gokarna (931), Shirsi (1,868), Bagichapur (1,712), Bairhatta (2,639) and Pundari (1,863).

[12] Decadal growth of population in Harirampur CD Block for the period 2001-2011 was 9.56%.

[15] The large scale migration of the East Bengali refugees (including tribals) started with the partition of Bengal in 1947.

The steady flow of people into Dakshin Dinajpur has continued over the years from erstwhile East Pakistan and subsequently from Bangladesh.

The gender disparity (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 13.45%.

[12] See also – List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate

These estimates were based on Central Sample data of NSS 55th round 1999-2000.

It includes factory, mining, plantation, transport and office workers, those engaged in business and commerce, teachers, entertainment artistes and so on.

125 villages (86.81%) have telephones (including landlines, public call offices and mobile phones).

[25] The land is fertile for agricultural production, particularly in the southern part of the district.

The Tebhaga movement by the share croppers, towards the end of British rule, is widely known.

[26] Harirampur CD Block had 124 fertiliser depots, 10 seed stores and 35 fair price shops in 2013-14.

The fund, created by the Government of India, is designed to redress regional imbalances in development.

[31][32] In 2014, Harirampur CD Block had 1 rural hospital and 1 primary health centre, with total 42 beds and 6 doctors (excluding private bodies).