About Harpur Bochaha Village

Harpur Bochaha is one of the larger villages in Vidyapati Nagar tehsil, in the district of Samastipur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 11,758, made up of 6,196 males and 5,562 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 558 hectares hectares.

Harpur Bochaha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harpur Bochaha village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Samastipur
Tehsil	Vidyapati Nagar
Area (hectares)	558 hectares
Population	11,758
Male Population	6,196
Female Population	5,562
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Harpur Bochaha compares

By the 2011 count Harpur Bochaha is the 5th largest of the 35 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 4,369 residents. Its 558 hectares work out to about 21 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 914.

Getting to Harpur Bochaha

Harpur Bochaha 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 Harpur Bochaha 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Harpur Bochaha from other places

Harpur Bochaha lies about 30 km from Samastipur, and the nearest railway station is Harpar Bochaha, about 1.5 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 Bochaha
Nearest railway station	Harpar Bochaha	1.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vidyapati Nagar	5.8 km
Nearest town	Dalsingh Sarai	12 km
District headquarters	Samastipur	30 km

Villages closest to Harpur Bochaha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Harpur Bochaha village had a population of 11,758. That makes it the 5th largest of the 35 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,369 residents.

Harpur Bochaha village has 6,196 males and 5,562 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harpur Bochaha has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 914.

Harpur Bochaha covers 558 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Harpur Bochaha falls under Vidyapati Nagar tehsil of Samastipur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Harpur Bochaha is Harpar Bochaha, about 1.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Harpur Bochaha is about 30 km from Samastipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harpur Bochaha is in Vidyapati Nagar tehsil of Samastipur district. Harpar Bochaha is about 1.5 km away. Vidyapati Nagar is about 5.8 km away. Dalsingh Sarai is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.