About Harpur Village

Harpur is a mid sized village in Ramnagar tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 986, made up of 526 males and 460 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 242.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Ramnagar
Pincode	845106
Area (hectares)	242.27 hectares
Population	986
Male Population	526
Female Population	460
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	875
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 compares

By the 2011 count Harpur is the 70th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,621 residents. Its 242.27 hectares work out to about 4.1 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 938.

Getting to Harpur

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

Harpur lies about 21 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Chamua, about 3.6 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	Chamua	3.6 km
Nearest town	Narkatiāganj	8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ramnagar	9.0 km
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	21 km

Villages closest to Harpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ramnagar 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 986. That makes it the 70th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,621 residents.

Harpur village has 526 males and 460 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harpur has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Harpur is 845106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harpur covers 242.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Harpur falls under Ramnagar tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Harpur is Chamua, about 3.6 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.

Harpur is about 21 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harpur is in Ramnagar tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Chamua is about 3.6 km away. Narkatiāganj is about 8.6 km away. Ramnagar is about 9.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.