About Harkatwa Village

Harkatwa is a mid sized village in Gaunaha tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,780, made up of 943 males and 837 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 259 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harkatwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harkatwa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Gaunaha
Pincode	845102
Area (hectares)	259 hectares
Population	1,780
Male Population	943
Female Population	837
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	888
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 Harkatwa compares

By the 2011 count Harkatwa is the 24th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents. Its 259 hectares work out to about 6.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Harkatwa

Harkatwa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Harkatwa 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 Harkatwa from other places

Harkatwa lies about 24 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Amolwa, about 5.4 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 Harkatwa
Nearest railway station	Amolwa	5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gaunaha	8.8 km
Nearest town	Narkatiāganj	12 km
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	24 km

Villages closest to Harkatwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Harkatwa village had a population of 1,780. That makes it the 24th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents.

Harkatwa village has 943 males and 837 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harkatwa has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 925.

The pincode recorded for Harkatwa is 845102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harkatwa covers 259 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Harkatwa falls under Gaunaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Harkatwa is Amolwa, about 5.4 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 Harkatwa.

Harkatwa is about 24 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harkatwa is in Gaunaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Amolwa is about 5.4 km away. Gaunaha is about 8.8 km away. Narkatiāganj is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.