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About Naharpur Village

Naharpur is a small village in Roorkee tehsil, in the district of Hardwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 214, made up of 123 males and 91 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 740 females per 1000 males. The village covers 60.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 247665, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Naharpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Naharpur village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Hardwar
Tehsil Roorkee
Pincode 247665
Area (hectares) 60.93 hectares
Population 214
Male Population 123
Female Population 91
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 740
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Naharpur compares

By the 2011 count Naharpur is the 235th largest of the 258 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,433 residents. Its 60.93 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 869.

Getting to Naharpur

Naharpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Naharpur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Naharpur from other places

Naharpur lies about 20 km from Hardwar, and the nearest railway station is Aithal, about 3.7 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 Naharpur
Nearest railway station Aithal 3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Roorkee 12 km
District headquarters Hardwar 20 km

Villages closest to Naharpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Naharpur village had a population of 214. That makes it the 235th largest of the 258 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,433 residents.

Naharpur village has 123 males and 91 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Naharpur has about 740 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 869.

The pincode recorded for Naharpur is 247665. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Naharpur covers 60.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Naharpur falls under Roorkee tehsil of Hardwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Naharpur is Aithal, about 3.7 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 village for Naharpur.

Naharpur is about 20 km from Hardwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Naharpur is in Roorkee tehsil of Hardwar district. Aithal is about 3.7 km away. Roorkee is about 12 km away. Hardwar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Alawalpur (1.8 km), Harchandpur (2.4 km) and Ladpur Khurd (3.0 km).

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

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