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About Chand Harpur Village

Chand Harpur is a large village in Kalyanpur tehsil, in the district of Samastipur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,222, made up of 1,149 males and 1,073 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103 hectares hectares.

Chand Harpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chand Harpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Samastipur
Tehsil Kalyanpur
Area (hectares) 103 hectares
Population 2,222
Male Population 1,149
Female Population 1,073
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 934
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chand Harpur compares

By the 2011 count Chand Harpur is the 50th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,624 residents. Its 103 hectares work out to about 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Chand Harpur

Chand Harpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chand Harpur as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chand Harpur from other places

Chand Harpur lies about 147 km from Samastipur, and the nearest railway station is Raghunathpur Railway Station, about 9.3 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 Chand Harpur
Nearest railway station Raghunathpur Railway Station 9.3 km
Nearest town Bela 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Kalyanpur 20 km
District headquarters Samastipur 147 km

Villages closest to Chand Harpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chand Harpur village had a population of 2,222. That makes it the 50th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,624 residents.

Chand Harpur village has 1,149 males and 1,073 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chand Harpur has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 949.

Chand Harpur covers 103 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Chand Harpur falls under Kalyanpur tehsil of Samastipur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Chand Harpur is Raghunathpur Railway Station, about 9.3 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chand Harpur.

Chand Harpur is about 147 km from Samastipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chand Harpur is in Kalyanpur tehsil of Samastipur district. Raghunathpur Railway Station is about 9.3 km away. Bela is about 14 km away. Kalyanpur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Maniarpur (2.2 km), Bankipur (3.4 km) and Hajpurwa (4.6 km).

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

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