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About Harikhora Village

Harikhora is a mid sized village in Bansgaon tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,125, made up of 543 males and 582 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,072 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70.72 hectares hectares.

Harikhora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harikhora village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Bansgaon
Area (hectares) 70.72 hectares
Population 1,125
Male Population 543
Female Population 582
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,072
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Harikhora compares

By the 2011 count Harikhora is the 109th largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 932 residents. Its 70.72 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Harikhora

Harikhora is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Harikhora as Available within 5 - 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 Harikhora from other places

Harikhora lies about 33 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Dohrighat, about 25 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 Harikhora
Tehsil headquarters Bansgaon 10 km
Nearest town Rūdarpur 22 km
Nearest railway station Dohrighat 25 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 33 km

Villages closest to Harikhora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Harikhora village had a population of 1,125. That makes it the 109th largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 932 residents.

Harikhora village has 543 males and 582 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harikhora has about 1072 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

Harikhora covers 70.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Harikhora falls under Bansgaon tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Harikhora is Dohrighat, about 25 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Harikhora.

Harikhora is about 33 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harikhora is in Bansgaon tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Bansgaon is about 10 km away. Rūdarpur is about 22 km away. Dohrighat is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kalani Urf Tandwa (under 2 km), Mitanpur Khurd (under 2 km) and Adharipur (under 2 km).

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

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