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About Harpur Nankar Village

Harpur Nankar is a small village in Mehsi tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 30, made up of 16 males and 14 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 30 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845426, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harpur Nankar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harpur Nankar village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purba Champaran
Tehsil Mehsi
Pincode 845426
Area (hectares) 30 hectares
Population 30
Male Population 16
Female Population 14
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 Nankar compares

By the 2011 count Harpur Nankar is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,669 residents. Its 30 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 903.

Getting to Harpur Nankar

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

Harpur Nankar lies about 33 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Sahasralingam, about 2.6 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 Nankar
Nearest railway station Sahasralingam 2.6 km
Nearest town Sāhibganj 8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Mehsi 14 km
District headquarters Purba Champaran 33 km

Villages closest to Harpur Nankar

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

Common questions about Harpur Nankar

As per the Census of India 2011, Harpur Nankar village had a population of 30. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,669 residents.

Harpur Nankar village has 16 males and 14 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harpur Nankar has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 903.

The pincode recorded for Harpur Nankar is 845426. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harpur Nankar covers 30 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Harpur Nankar falls under Mehsi tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Harpur Nankar is Sahasralingam, about 2.6 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 Nankar.

Harpur Nankar is about 33 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 Nankar is in Mehsi tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Sahasralingam is about 2.6 km away. Sāhibganj is about 8.2 km away. Mehsi is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nankar Madhopur Kesho (under 2 km), Bala Tola (1.6 km) and Bulaki Tola (1.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Harpur Nankar today is likely to be higher.

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