About Harkhar Village

Harkhar is a mid sized village in Chanan tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,029, made up of 557 males and 472 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 847 females per 1000 males. The village covers 401 hectares hectares.

Harkhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harkhar village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Chanan
Area (hectares)	401 hectares
Population	1,029
Male Population	557
Female Population	472
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	847
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Harkhar compares

By the 2011 count Harkhar is the 37th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 588 residents. Its 401 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 932.

Getting to Harkhar

Harkhar 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 Harkhar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Harkhar from other places

Harkhar lies about 95 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Simri Bakhtiyarpur, about 12 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 Harkhar
Nearest railway station	Simri Bakhtiyarpur	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chanan	21 km
Nearest town	Saharsa	21 km
District headquarters	Banka	95 km

Villages closest to Harkhar

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

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Common questions about Harkhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Harkhar village had a population of 1,029. That makes it the 37th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 588 residents.

Harkhar village has 557 males and 472 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harkhar has about 847 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Harkhar covers 401 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Harkhar falls under Chanan tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Harkhar is Simri Bakhtiyarpur, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Harkhar is about 95 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harkhar is in Chanan tehsil of Banka district. Simri Bakhtiyarpur is about 12 km away. Chanan is about 21 km away. Saharsa is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.