About Harpur Village

Harpur is a mid sized village in Kahara tehsil, in the district of Saharsa, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,201, made up of 641 males and 560 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 163.9 hectares hectares.

Harpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saharsa
Tehsil	Kahara
Area (hectares)	163.9 hectares
Population	1,201
Male Population	641
Female Population	560
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	874
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Harpur compares

By the 2011 count Harpur is the 29th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 4,193 residents. Its 163.9 hectares work out to about 7.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 905.

Getting to Harpur

Harpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Harpur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Harpur from other places

Harpur lies about 9.7 km from Saharsa, and the nearest railway station is Sonbarsa Kacheri, about 1.7 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
Nearest railway station	Sonbarsa Kacheri	1.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kahara	9.7 km
District headquarters	Saharsa	9.7 km

Villages closest to Harpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Harpur village had a population of 1,201. That makes it the 29th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,193 residents.

Harpur village has 641 males and 560 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harpur has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 905.

Harpur covers 163.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Harpur falls under Kahara tehsil of Saharsa district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Harpur is Sonbarsa Kacheri, about 1.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Harpur is about 9.7 km from Saharsa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harpur is in Kahara tehsil of Saharsa district. Sonbarsa Kacheri is about 1.7 km away. Kahara is about 9.7 km away. Saharsa is about 9.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.