About Harpur Village

Harpur is a mid sized village in Musahri tehsil, in the district of Muzaffarpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,017, made up of 534 males and 483 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 842002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Muzaffarpur
Tehsil	Musahri
Pincode	842002
Area (hectares)	51 hectares
Population	1,017
Male Population	534
Female Population	483
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	904
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Harpur compares

By the 2011 count Harpur is the 86th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,768 residents. Its 51 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 895.

Getting to Harpur

Harpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Harpur as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 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 149 km from Muzaffarpur, and the nearest railway station is Nunkhar, about 7.8 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	Nunkhar	7.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Musahri	15 km
Nearest town	Deoria	17 km
District headquarters	Muzaffarpur	149 km

Villages closest to Harpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Musahri 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 1,017. That makes it the 86th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,768 residents.

Harpur village has 534 males and 483 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harpur has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 895.

The pincode recorded for Harpur is 842002. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harpur covers 51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Harpur falls under Musahri tehsil of Muzaffarpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Harpur is Nunkhar, about 7.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Harpur is about 149 km from Muzaffarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harpur is in Musahri tehsil of Muzaffarpur district. Nunkhar is about 7.8 km away. Musahri is about 15 km away. Deoria is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.