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About Naharpur Village

Naharpur is a small village in Mukerian tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 446, made up of 221 males and 225 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 125 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Naharpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Naharpur village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Mukerian
Pincode 144214
Area (hectares) 125 hectares
Population 446
Male Population 221
Female Population 225
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,018
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Naharpur compares

By the 2011 count Naharpur is the 216th largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 125 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Naharpur

The census records public bus service for Naharpur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Naharpur from other places

Naharpur lies about 79 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Jhawar, about 6.6 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 Naharpur
Nearest railway station Jhawar 6.6 km
Nearest town Gurdaspur 7.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Mukerian 29 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 79 km

Villages closest to Naharpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Naharpur village had a population of 446. That makes it the 216th largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Naharpur village has 221 males and 225 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Naharpur has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Naharpur is 144214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Naharpur covers 125 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Naharpur falls under Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Naharpur is Jhawar, about 6.6 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Naharpur.

Naharpur is about 79 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Naharpur is in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Jhawar is about 6.6 km away. Gurdaspur is about 7.2 km away. Mukerian is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tung (1.5 km), Shekha Matta (6.0 km) and Singhpur (7.0 km).

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

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