About Harpur Ray Village

Harpur Ray is a large village in Harsidhi tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,140, made up of 1,674 males and 1,466 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 201 hectares hectares.

Harpur Ray Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harpur Ray village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Harsidhi
Area (hectares)	201 hectares
Population	3,140
Male Population	1,674
Female Population	1,466
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	876
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 Ray compares

By the 2011 count Harpur Ray is the 22nd largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,697 residents. Its 201 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 903.

Getting to Harpur Ray

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

Harpur Ray lies about 7.4 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Jiwdhara, 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 Ray
Tehsil headquarters	Harsidhi	7.4 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	7.4 km
Nearest town	Areraj	11 km
Nearest railway station	Jiwdhara	12 km

Villages closest to Harpur Ray

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 Harpur Ray

As per the Census of India 2011, Harpur Ray village had a population of 3,140. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,697 residents.

Harpur Ray village has 1,674 males and 1,466 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harpur Ray has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 903.

Harpur Ray covers 201 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Harpur Ray is Jiwdhara, 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 Harpur Ray.

Harpur Ray is about 7.4 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harpur Ray is in Harsidhi tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Harsidhi is about 7.4 km away. Purba Champaran is about 7.4 km away. Areraj is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.