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About Hargarh Village

Hargarh is a mid sized village in Meja tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,760, made up of 944 males and 816 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 685.52 hectares hectares.

Hargarh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hargarh village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Allahabad
Tehsil Meja
Area (hectares) 685.52 hectares
Population 1,760
Male Population 944
Female Population 816
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 864
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Hargarh compares

By the 2011 count Hargarh is the 104th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents. Its 685.52 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 919.

Getting to Hargarh

Hargarh is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Hargarh as Available within 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 Hargarh from other places

Hargarh lies about 41 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Meja Road, about 14 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 Hargarh
Tehsil headquarters Meja 9.1 km
Nearest railway station Meja Road 14 km
District headquarters Allahabad 41 km
Nearest town Prayagraj 41 km

Villages closest to Hargarh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Hargarh village had a population of 1,760. That makes it the 104th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents.

Hargarh village has 944 males and 816 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hargarh has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

Hargarh covers 685.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Hargarh falls under Meja tehsil of Allahabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Hargarh is Meja Road, about 14 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 5 - 10 km distance for Hargarh.

Hargarh is about 41 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hargarh is in Meja tehsil of Allahabad district. Meja is about 9.1 km away. Meja Road is about 14 km away. Allahabad is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kharka Dabar (under 2 km), Bhoj Purva (2.3 km) and Bhaiya (2.4 km).

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

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