About Haripur Village

Haripur is a large village in Thakrahan tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,874, made up of 1,570 males and 1,304 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 831 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1233 hectares hectares.

Haripur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Haripur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Thakrahan
Area (hectares)	1233 hectares
Population	2,874
Male Population	1,570
Female Population	1,304
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	831
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 Haripur compares

By the 2011 count Haripur is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 5,277 residents. Its 1233 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 841.

Getting to Haripur

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

Haripur lies about 24 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Gauri Sriram, 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 Haripur
Tehsil headquarters	Thakrahan	8.7 km
Nearest railway station	Gauri Sriram	12 km
Nearest town	Bettiah	24 km
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	24 km

Villages closest to Haripur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Haripur village had a population of 2,874. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,277 residents.

Haripur village has 1,570 males and 1,304 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Haripur has about 831 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 841.

Haripur covers 1233 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Haripur falls under Thakrahan tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Haripur is Gauri Sriram, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Haripur.

Haripur 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.

Haripur is in Thakrahan tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Thakrahan is about 8.7 km away. Gauri Sriram is about 12 km away. Bettiah is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.