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About Baliharpur Village

Baliharpur is a mid sized village in Baisa tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 847, made up of 472 males and 375 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 794 females per 1000 males. The village covers 206 hectares hectares.

Baliharpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baliharpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purnia
Tehsil Baisa
Area (hectares) 206 hectares
Population 847
Male Population 472
Female Population 375
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 794
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Baliharpur compares

By the 2011 count Baliharpur is the 81st largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,641 residents. Its 206 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 930.

Getting to Baliharpur

Baliharpur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Baliharpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Baliharpur from other places

Baliharpur lies about 47 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Hatwar, about 5.8 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 Baliharpur
Nearest railway station Hatwar 5.8 km
Nearest town Kishanganj 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Baisa 24 km
District headquarters Purnia 47 km

Villages closest to Baliharpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baliharpur village had a population of 847. That makes it the 81st largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,641 residents.

Baliharpur village has 472 males and 375 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baliharpur has about 794 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 930.

Baliharpur covers 206 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Baliharpur falls under Baisa tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Baliharpur is Hatwar, about 5.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Baliharpur.

Baliharpur is about 47 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baliharpur is in Baisa tehsil of Purnia district. Hatwar is about 5.8 km away. Kishanganj is about 13 km away. Baisa is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhelakhoa (under 2 km), Jairampur (under 2 km) and Palankaf (under 2 km).

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

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