About Harpur Ghaus Village

Harpur Ghaus is a mid sized village in Saraiya tehsil, in the district of Muzaffarpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,418, made up of 750 males and 668 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97 hectares hectares.

Harpur Ghaus Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harpur Ghaus village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Muzaffarpur
Tehsil	Saraiya
Area (hectares)	97 hectares
Population	1,418
Male Population	750
Female Population	668
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	891
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Harpur Ghaus compares

By the 2011 count Harpur Ghaus is the 86th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,212 residents. Its 97 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Harpur Ghaus

Harpur Ghaus is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Harpur Ghaus 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Harpur Ghaus from other places

Harpur Ghaus lies about 56 km from Muzaffarpur, and the nearest railway station is Baragopal, 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 Harpur Ghaus
Nearest railway station	Baragopal	12 km
Nearest town	Marhaura	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Saraiya	35 km
District headquarters	Muzaffarpur	56 km

Villages closest to Harpur Ghaus

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Harpur Ghaus village had a population of 1,418. That makes it the 86th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,212 residents.

Harpur Ghaus village has 750 males and 668 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harpur Ghaus has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

Harpur Ghaus covers 97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Harpur Ghaus falls under Saraiya tehsil of Muzaffarpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Harpur Ghaus is Baragopal, about 12 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 5 - 10 km distance for Harpur Ghaus.

Harpur Ghaus is about 56 km from Muzaffarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harpur Ghaus is in Saraiya tehsil of Muzaffarpur district. Baragopal is about 12 km away. Marhaura is about 12 km away. Saraiya is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.