About Haripur Village

Haripur is a mid sized village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 670, made up of 322 males and 348 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,081 females per 1000 males. The village covers 254 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Haripur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Haripur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	816103
Area (hectares)	254 hectares
Population	670
Male Population	322
Female Population	348
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,081
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Haripur compares

By the 2011 count Haripur is the 68th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 254 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Haripur

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

How far is Haripur from other places

Haripur lies about 19 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Basukinath Railway Station, about 8.8 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 Haripur
Nearest railway station	Basukinath Railway Station	8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shikaripara	19 km
District headquarters	Dumka	19 km

Villages closest to Haripur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Haripur village had a population of 670. That makes it the 68th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Haripur village has 322 males and 348 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Haripur has about 1081 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Haripur is 816103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Haripur covers 254 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Haripur falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Haripur is Basukinath Railway Station, about 8.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Haripur.

Haripur is about 19 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Haripur is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Basukinath Railway Station is about 8.8 km away. Shikaripara is about 19 km away. Dumka is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.