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About Harpur Village

Harpur is a mid sized village in Nirmali tehsil, in the district of Supaul, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,025, made up of 520 males and 505 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 230.7 hectares hectares.

Harpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Supaul
Tehsil Nirmali
Area (hectares) 230.7 hectares
Population 1,025
Male Population 520
Female Population 505
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 971
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Harpur compares

By the 2011 count Harpur is the 14th largest of the 21 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,726 residents. Its 230.7 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Harpur

The census records public bus service for Harpur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Harpur from other places

Harpur lies about 36 km from Supaul, and the nearest railway station is Jhanjharpur Bazar, about under 2 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 town Jhanjhārpur under 2 km
Nearest railway station Jhanjharpur Bazar under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Nirmali 31 km
District headquarters Supaul 36 km

Villages closest to Harpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Harpur village had a population of 1,025. That makes it the 14th largest of the 21 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,726 residents.

Harpur village has 520 males and 505 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harpur has about 971 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 948.

Harpur covers 230.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Harpur falls under Nirmali tehsil of Supaul district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Harpur is Jhanjharpur Bazar, about under 2 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Harpur.

Harpur is about 36 km from Supaul in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harpur is in Nirmali tehsil of Supaul district. Jhanjhārpur is about under 2 km away. Jhanjharpur Bazar is about under 2 km away. Nirmali is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Repauli (17 km), Dharhara (18 km) and Maura (18 km).

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

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