About Harishpur Village

Harishpur is a mid sized village in Suri II tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 612, made up of 325 males and 287 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harishpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harishpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Tehsil	Suri II
Pincode	731121
Area (hectares)	109.56 hectares
Population	612
Male Population	325
Female Population	287
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Harishpur compares

By the 2011 count Harishpur is the 55th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,032 residents. Its 109.56 hectares work out to about 5.6 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 935.

Getting to Harishpur

Harishpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Harishpur as Available within 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 Harishpur from other places

Harishpur lies about 7.9 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Nalhati Junction, about 3.5 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 Harishpur
Nearest railway station	Nalhati Junction	3.5 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Suri II	7.9 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	7.9 km

Villages closest to Harishpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Suri II 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 Harishpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Harishpur village had a population of 612. That makes it the 55th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,032 residents.

Harishpur village has 325 males and 287 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harishpur has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Harishpur is 731121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harishpur covers 109.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Harishpur falls under Suri II tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Harishpur is Nalhati Junction, about 3.5 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Harishpur.

Harishpur is about 7.9 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harishpur is in Suri II tehsil of Birbhum district. Nalhati Junction is about 3.5 km away. Nalhāti is about 3.9 km away. Suri II is about 7.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.