About Harban Village

Harban is a mid sized village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,065, made up of 536 males and 529 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 987 females per 1000 males. The village covers 423 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144523, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harban Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harban village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Garhshankar
Pincode	144523
Area (hectares)	423 hectares
Population	1,065
Male Population	536
Female Population	529
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	987
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Harban compares

By the 2011 count Harban is the 106th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 423 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Harban

Harban is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Harban 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 Harban from other places

Harban lies about 47 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Khatkarkalan Jhandaji, about 6.2 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 Harban
Nearest railway station	Khatkarkalan Jhandaji	6.2 km
Nearest town	Banga	7.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Garhshankar	18 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	47 km

Villages closest to Harban

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Harban village had a population of 1,065. That makes it the 106th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Harban village has 536 males and 529 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harban has about 987 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Harban is 144523. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harban covers 423 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Harban falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Harban is Khatkarkalan Jhandaji, about 6.2 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 Harban.

Harban is about 47 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harban is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Khatkarkalan Jhandaji is about 6.2 km away. Banga is about 7.9 km away. Garhshankar is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.