About Harishchandrapur Village

Harishchandrapur is a small village in Illambazar tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 171, made up of 91 males and 80 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731234, 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	Birbhum
Tehsil	Illambazar
Pincode	731234
Area (hectares)	55.36 hectares
Population	171
Male Population	91
Female Population	80
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	879
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Harishchandrapur compares

By the 2011 count Harishchandrapur is the 118th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,272 residents. Its 55.36 hectares work out to about 3.1 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 944.

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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Harishchandrapur from other places

Harishchandrapur lies about 28 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Gadadharpur, about 16 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 Harishchandrapur
Nearest railway station	Gadadharpur	16 km
Nearest town	Siuri	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Illambazar	28 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	28 km

Villages closest to Harishchandrapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Harishchandrapur village had a population of 171. That makes it the 118th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,272 residents.

Harishchandrapur village has 91 males and 80 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harishchandrapur has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Harishchandrapur is 731234. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harishchandrapur covers 55.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Harishchandrapur falls under Illambazar tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Harishchandrapur is Gadadharpur, about 16 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 5 - 10 km distance for Harishchandrapur.

Harishchandrapur is about 28 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harishchandrapur is in Illambazar tehsil of Birbhum district. Gadadharpur is about 16 km away. Siuri is about 20 km away. Illambazar is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.