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About Haripur Village

Haripur is a mid sized village in Pathorighat tehsil, in the district of Baksa, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 837, made up of 443 males and 394 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 199.98 hectares hectares.

Haripur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Haripur village
Description Value
State Assam
District Baksa
Tehsil Pathorighat
Area (hectares) 199.98 hectares
Population 837
Male Population 443
Female Population 394
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 889
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Haripur compares

By the 2011 count Haripur is the 59th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,138 residents. Its 199.98 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Haripur

Haripur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Haripur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Haripur from other places

Haripur lies about 28 km from Baksa, and the nearest railway station is Nizsariha Halt, about 6.6 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Haripur
Nearest railway station Nizsariha Halt 6.6 km
Nearest town Nalbāri 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Pathorighat 28 km
District headquarters Baksa 28 km

Villages closest to Haripur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pathorighat tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Haripur

As per the Census of India 2011, Haripur village had a population of 837. That makes it the 59th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,138 residents.

Haripur village has 443 males and 394 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Haripur has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 955.

Haripur covers 199.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Haripur falls under Pathorighat tehsil of Baksa district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Haripur is Nizsariha Halt, about 6.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Haripur.

Haripur is about 28 km from Baksa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Haripur is in Pathorighat tehsil of Baksa district. Nizsariha Halt is about 6.6 km away. Nalbāri is about 23 km away. Pathorighat is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Naptapara (18 km), Sanapatipara (18 km) and Baneikuchi (18 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Haripur today is likely to be higher.

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