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About Harchandpur Village

Harchandpur is a mid sized village in Dhuri tehsil, in the district of Sangrur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,560, made up of 848 males and 712 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 840 females per 1000 males. The village covers 547.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 148024, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harchandpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harchandpur village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Sangrur
Tehsil Dhuri
Pincode 148024
Area (hectares) 547.77 hectares
Population 1,560
Male Population 848
Female Population 712
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 840
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Harchandpur compares

By the 2011 count Harchandpur is the 54th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,169 residents. Its 547.77 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 886.

Getting to Harchandpur

Harchandpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Harchandpur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 15 km from Sangrur, and the nearest railway station is Kaulseri, about 3.5 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
Tehsil headquarters Dhuri 3.4 km
Nearest town Dhūri 3.4 km
Nearest railway station Kaulseri 3.5 km
District headquarters Sangrur 15 km

Villages closest to Harchandpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Harchandpur village had a population of 1,560. That makes it the 54th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,169 residents.

Harchandpur village has 848 males and 712 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harchandpur has about 840 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 886.

The pincode recorded for Harchandpur is 148024. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harchandpur covers 547.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Harchandpur falls under Dhuri tehsil of Sangrur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Harchandpur is Kaulseri, about 3.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Harchandpur.

Harchandpur is about 15 km from Sangrur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harchandpur is in Dhuri tehsil of Sangrur district. Dhuri is about 3.4 km away. Dhūri is about 3.4 km away. Kaulseri is about 3.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhura (1.8 km), Dohla (2.1 km) and Manwala (2.8 km).

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

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