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About Harsundi Village

Harsundi is a mid sized village in Sarila tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,865, made up of 1,054 males and 811 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 769 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1014.98 hectares hectares.

Harsundi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harsundi village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Hamirpur
Tehsil Sarila
Area (hectares) 1014.98 hectares
Population 1,865
Male Population 1,054
Female Population 811
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 769
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Harsundi compares

By the 2011 count Harsundi is the 35th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,583 residents. Its 1014.98 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 842.

Getting to Harsundi

Harsundi 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 Harsundi as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Harsundi from other places

Harsundi lies about 18 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Amb Andaura, about 29 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 Harsundi
Tehsil headquarters Sarila 18 km
District headquarters Hamirpur 18 km
Nearest railway station Amb Andaura 29 km
Nearest town Nangal 44 km

Villages closest to Harsundi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Harsundi village had a population of 1,865. That makes it the 35th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,583 residents.

Harsundi village has 1,054 males and 811 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harsundi has about 769 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 842.

Harsundi covers 1014.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Harsundi falls under Sarila tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Harsundi is Amb Andaura, about 29 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Harsundi.

Harsundi is about 18 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harsundi is in Sarila tehsil of Hamirpur district. Sarila is about 18 km away. Hamirpur is about 18 km away. Amb Andaura is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bara Kharka (under 2 km), Barahara (under 2 km) and Baroli Kharka (under 2 km).

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

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