About Harchandpur Village

Harchandpur is a mid sized village in Barhait tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 927, made up of 480 males and 447 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 224.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harchandpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harchandpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Barhait
Pincode	816102
Area (hectares)	224.23 hectares
Population	927
Male Population	480
Female Population	447
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	931
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Harchandpur compares

By the 2011 count Harchandpur is the 48th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 595 residents. Its 224.23 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Harchandpur

Harchandpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Harchandpur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Harchandpur from other places

Harchandpur lies about 25 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Ammapali, about 13 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	Ammapali	13 km
Nearest town	Colgong	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barhait	25 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	25 km

Villages closest to Harchandpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barhait 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 927. That makes it the 48th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 595 residents.

Harchandpur village has 480 males and 447 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harchandpur has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Harchandpur is 816102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harchandpur covers 224.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Harchandpur falls under Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Harchandpur is Ammapali, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Harchandpur.

Harchandpur is about 25 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harchandpur is in Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district. Ammapali is about 13 km away. Colgong is about 21 km away. Barhait is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.