About Harpur Balra Village

Harpur Balra is a large village in Kurhani tehsil, in the district of Muzaffarpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,639, made up of 1,429 males and 1,210 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 847 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 844118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harpur Balra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harpur Balra village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Muzaffarpur
Tehsil	Kurhani
Pincode	844118
Area (hectares)	96 hectares
Population	2,639
Male Population	1,429
Female Population	1,210
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	847
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Harpur Balra compares

By the 2011 count Harpur Balra is the 58th largest of the 159 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,705 residents. Its 96 hectares work out to about 27 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 892.

Getting to Harpur Balra

Harpur Balra is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Harpur Balra as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Harpur Balra from other places

Harpur Balra lies about 18 km from Muzaffarpur, and the nearest railway station is Kurhani, about 6.1 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 Balra
Nearest railway station	Kurhani	6.1 km
District headquarters	Muzaffarpur	18 km

Villages closest to Harpur Balra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Harpur Balra village had a population of 2,639. That makes it the 58th largest of the 159 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,705 residents.

Harpur Balra village has 1,429 males and 1,210 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harpur Balra has about 847 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 892.

The pincode recorded for Harpur Balra is 844118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harpur Balra covers 96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 27 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Harpur Balra falls under Kurhani tehsil of Muzaffarpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Harpur Balra is Kurhani, about 6.1 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 10+ km distance for Harpur Balra.

Harpur Balra is about 18 km from Muzaffarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harpur Balra is in Kurhani tehsil of Muzaffarpur district. Kurhani is about 6.1 km away. Muzaffarpur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.