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About Harpur Village

Harpur is a small village in Belthara Road tehsil, in the district of Ballia, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 30, made up of 20 males and 10 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 500 females per 1000 males. The village covers 24.11 hectares hectares.

Harpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Ballia
Tehsil Belthara Road
Area (hectares) 24.11 hectares
Population 30
Male Population 20
Female Population 10
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 500
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Harpur compares

By the 2011 count Harpur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,388 residents. Its 24.11 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Harpur

Harpur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Harpur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Harpur from other places

Harpur lies about 31 km from Ballia, and the nearest railway station is Lalkuan Junction, about 18 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 Harpur
Nearest railway station Lalkuan Junction 18 km
Nearest town Sitārganj 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Belthara Road 31 km
District headquarters Ballia 31 km

Villages closest to Harpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Belthara Road 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 Harpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Harpur village had a population of 30. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,388 residents.

Harpur village has 20 males and 10 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harpur has about 500 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Harpur covers 24.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Harpur falls under Belthara Road tehsil of Ballia district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Harpur is Lalkuan Junction, about 18 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 and private bus service as Available for Harpur.

Harpur is about 31 km from Ballia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harpur is in Belthara Road tehsil of Ballia district. Lalkuan Junction is about 18 km away. Sitārganj is about 20 km away. Belthara Road is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Aripur Saraya (under 2 km), Jahidpur (2.0 km) and Sikandrapur (2.4 km).

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

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