About Harpur Village

Harpur is a mid sized village in Kuchaikote tehsil, in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,293, made up of 699 males and 594 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67.08 hectares hectares.

Harpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gopalganj
Tehsil	Kuchaikote
Area (hectares)	67.08 hectares
Population	1,293
Male Population	699
Female Population	594
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	850
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Harpur compares

By the 2011 count Harpur is the 101st largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,557 residents. Its 67.08 hectares work out to about 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Harpur

Harpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Harpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Harpur from other places

Harpur lies about 8.6 km from Gopalganj, and the nearest railway station is Sasa Musa, about 2.0 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 Harpur
Nearest railway station	Sasa Musa	2.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kuchaikote	8.6 km
District headquarters	Gopalganj	8.6 km
Nearest town	Gopālganj	8.6 km

Villages closest to Harpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Harpur village had a population of 1,293. That makes it the 101st largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,557 residents.

Harpur village has 699 males and 594 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harpur has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Harpur covers 67.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Harpur falls under Kuchaikote tehsil of Gopalganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Harpur is Sasa Musa, about 2.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Harpur.

Harpur is about 8.6 km from Gopalganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harpur is in Kuchaikote tehsil of Gopalganj district. Sasa Musa is about 2.0 km away. Kuchaikote is about 8.6 km away. Gopalganj is about 8.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.