About Banra Harpur Village

Banra Harpur is a mid sized village in Harsidhi tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,735, made up of 902 males and 833 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 192.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845437, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banra Harpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banra Harpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Harsidhi
Pincode	845437
Area (hectares)	192.2 hectares
Population	1,735
Male Population	902
Female Population	833
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	924
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banra Harpur compares

By the 2011 count Banra Harpur is the 47th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,697 residents. Its 192.2 hectares work out to about 9.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 903.

Getting to Banra Harpur

Banra Harpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banra Harpur as Available within 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 Banra Harpur from other places

Banra Harpur lies about 8.7 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Semra, about 14 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 Banra Harpur
Nearest town	Areraj	8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Harsidhi	8.7 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	8.7 km
Nearest railway station	Semra	14 km

Villages closest to Banra Harpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Harsidhi 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 Banra Harpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Banra Harpur village had a population of 1,735. That makes it the 47th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,697 residents.

Banra Harpur village has 902 males and 833 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banra Harpur has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 903.

The pincode recorded for Banra Harpur is 845437. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banra Harpur covers 192.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Banra Harpur falls under Harsidhi tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Banra Harpur is Semra, about 14 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 5 - 10 km distance for Banra Harpur.

Banra Harpur is about 8.7 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banra Harpur is in Harsidhi tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Areraj is about 8.6 km away. Harsidhi is about 8.7 km away. Purba Champaran is about 8.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.