About Harishchandrapur Village

Harishchandrapur is a mid sized village in Sonamukhi tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 865, made up of 437 males and 428 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 180.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 722207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harishchandrapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harishchandrapur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Bankura
Tehsil	Sonamukhi
Pincode	722207
Area (hectares)	180.97 hectares
Population	865
Male Population	437
Female Population	428
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	979
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 Harishchandrapur compares

By the 2011 count Harishchandrapur is the 68th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 999 residents. Its 180.97 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Harishchandrapur

Harishchandrapur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Harishchandrapur 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. The nearest villages by name are Gopikantapur, Gopinathpur, Goursunderpur and Gram Pushkarini. 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.

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Common questions about Harishchandrapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Harishchandrapur village had a population of 865. That makes it the 68th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 999 residents.

Harishchandrapur village has 437 males and 428 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harishchandrapur has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Harishchandrapur is 722207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harishchandrapur covers 180.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Harishchandrapur notes the nearest railway station 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 Harishchandrapur.

Harishchandrapur is in Sonamukhi 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.