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About Harira Village

Harira is a large village in Chaibasa tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,381, made up of 1,149 males and 1,232 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,072 females per 1000 males. The village covers 607 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harira village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Chaibasa
Pincode 833201
Area (hectares) 607 hectares
Population 2,381
Male Population 1,149
Female Population 1,232
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,072
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Harira compares

By the 2011 count Harira is the 5th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents. Its 607 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1045.

Getting to Harira

Harira is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Harira as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Harira from other places

Harira lies about 13 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Singhpokharia, about 6.5 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 Harira
Nearest railway station Singhpokharia 6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Chaibasa 9.2 km
Nearest town Chāībāsa 9.2 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 13 km

Villages closest to Harira

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Harira village had a population of 2,381. That makes it the 5th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents.

Harira village has 1,149 males and 1,232 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harira has about 1072 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1045.

The pincode recorded for Harira is 833201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harira covers 607 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Harira falls under Chaibasa tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Harira is Singhpokharia, about 6.5 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Harira.

Harira is about 13 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harira is in Chaibasa tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Singhpokharia is about 6.5 km away. Chaibasa is about 9.2 km away. Chāībāsa is about 9.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barandaya (3.4 km), Khunta (3.7 km) and Ganjra (3.7 km).

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

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