About Haripur Village

Haripur is a mid sized village in Kadwa tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 648, made up of 356 males and 292 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 820 females per 1000 males. The village covers 130 hectares hectares.

Haripur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Haripur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Kadwa
Area (hectares)	130 hectares
Population	648
Male Population	356
Female Population	292
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	820
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Haripur compares

By the 2011 count Haripur is the 126th largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,532 residents. Its 130 hectares work out to about 5.0 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 921.

Getting to Haripur

Haripur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Haripur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Haripur from other places

Haripur lies about 86 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Forbesganj Junction, about 5.0 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 Haripur
Nearest railway station	Forbesganj Junction	5.0 km
Nearest town	Forbesganj	5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kadwa	17 km
District headquarters	Katihar	86 km

Villages closest to Haripur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Haripur village had a population of 648. That makes it the 126th largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,532 residents.

Haripur village has 356 males and 292 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Haripur has about 820 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 921.

Haripur covers 130 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Haripur falls under Kadwa tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Haripur is Forbesganj Junction, about 5.0 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Haripur.

Haripur is about 86 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Haripur is in Kadwa tehsil of Katihar district. Forbesganj Junction is about 5.0 km away. Forbesganj is about 5.5 km away. Kadwa is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.