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About Haraha Village

Haraha is a mid sized village in Kanpur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,181, made up of 624 males and 557 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 217.94 hectares hectares.

Haraha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Haraha village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Nagar
Tehsil Kanpur
Area (hectares) 217.94 hectares
Population 1,181
Male Population 624
Female Population 557
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 893
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Haraha compares

By the 2011 count Haraha is the 144th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,137 residents. Its 217.94 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 877.

Getting to Haraha

Haraha 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 Haraha as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Haraha from other places

Haraha lies about 22 km from Kanpur Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Kathara Road, about 3.6 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 Haraha
Nearest railway station Kathara Road 3.6 km
Nearest town Ghātampur 17 km
District headquarters Kanpur Nagar 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Kanpur 22 km

Villages closest to Haraha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Haraha village had a population of 1,181. That makes it the 144th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,137 residents.

Haraha village has 624 males and 557 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Haraha has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 877.

Haraha covers 217.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Haraha falls under Kanpur tehsil of Kanpur Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Haraha is Kathara Road, about 3.6 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 within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Haraha.

Haraha is about 22 km from Kanpur Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Haraha is in Kanpur tehsil of Kanpur Nagar district. Kathara Road is about 3.6 km away. Ghātampur is about 17 km away. Kanpur Nagar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Katheruwa (under 2 km), Chaurai (2.2 km) and Harbanspur (2.4 km).

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

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