About Harchandpur Village

Harchandpur is a small village in Meherma tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 17, made up of 9 males and 8 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89 hectares hectares.

Harchandpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harchandpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Meherma
Area (hectares)	89 hectares
Population	17
Male Population	9
Female Population	8
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Harchandpur compares

By the 2011 count Harchandpur is the 130th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,000 residents. Its 89 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 929.

Getting to Harchandpur

Harchandpur 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 Harchandpur 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 Harchandpur from other places

Harchandpur lies about 19 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Barahat Junction, about 5.5 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 Harchandpur
Nearest railway station	Barahat Junction	5.5 km
Nearest town	Bānka	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Meherma	19 km
District headquarters	Godda	19 km

Villages closest to Harchandpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Harchandpur village had a population of 17. That makes it the 130th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,000 residents.

Harchandpur village has 9 males and 8 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harchandpur has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Harchandpur covers 89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Harchandpur falls under Meherma tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Harchandpur is Barahat Junction, about 5.5 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 Harchandpur.

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

Harchandpur is in Meherma tehsil of Godda district. Barahat Junction is about 5.5 km away. Bānka is about 15 km away. Meherma is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.