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About Harishchandrapur Village

Harishchandrapur is a small village in Indpur tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 158, made up of 89 males and 69 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 775 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106.89 hectares hectares.

Harishchandrapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harishchandrapur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Bankura
Tehsil Indpur
Area (hectares) 106.89 hectares
Population 158
Male Population 89
Female Population 69
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 775
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Harishchandrapur compares

By the 2011 count Harishchandrapur is the 176th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 798 residents. Its 106.89 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 952.

Getting to Harishchandrapur

Harishchandrapur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Harishchandrapur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Gosainhir, Gosainijanara, Gottarya and Gunnath. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Harishchandrapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Harishchandrapur village had a population of 158. That makes it the 176th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 798 residents.

Harishchandrapur village has 89 males and 69 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harishchandrapur has about 775 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Harishchandrapur covers 106.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Harishchandrapur falls under Indpur tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The census record for Harishchandrapur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Harishchandrapur.

Harishchandrapur is in Indpur tehsil of Bankura district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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