About Harpur Village

Harpur is a mid sized village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,643, made up of 787 males and 856 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,088 females per 1000 males. The village covers 25.05 hectares hectares.

Harpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harpur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Sahjanwa
Area (hectares)	25.05 hectares
Population	1,643
Male Population	787
Female Population	856
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,088
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Harpur compares

By the 2011 count Harpur is the 73rd largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 25.05 hectares work out to about 66 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Harpur

Harpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Harpur 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 5 - 10 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 24 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Maghar, about 5.6 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 Harpur
Nearest railway station	Maghar	5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sahjanwa	8.5 km
Nearest town	Khalīlābād	11 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	24 km

Villages closest to Harpur

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

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Common questions about Harpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Harpur village had a population of 1,643. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Harpur village has 787 males and 856 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harpur has about 1088 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Harpur covers 25.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 66 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Harpur falls under Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Harpur is Maghar, about 5.6 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Harpur.

Harpur is about 24 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harpur is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Maghar is about 5.6 km away. Sahjanwa is about 8.5 km away. Khalīlābād is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.