About Loharpur Village

Loharpur is a mid sized village in Samserganj tehsil, in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 580, made up of 296 males and 284 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 959 females per 1000 males. The village covers 221.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 742224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Loharpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Loharpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Murshidabad
Tehsil	Samserganj
Pincode	742224
Area (hectares)	221.4 hectares
Population	580
Male Population	296
Female Population	284
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	959
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Loharpur compares

By the 2011 count Loharpur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 4,530 residents. Its 221.4 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Loharpur

Loharpur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Loharpur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Loharpur from other places

Loharpur lies about 33 km from Murshidabad, and the nearest railway station is Lohapur, about under 2 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 Loharpur
Nearest railway station	Lohapur	under 2 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Samserganj	33 km
District headquarters	Murshidabad	33 km

Villages closest to Loharpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Loharpur village had a population of 580. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,530 residents.

Loharpur village has 296 males and 284 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Loharpur has about 959 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Loharpur is 742224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Loharpur covers 221.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Loharpur falls under Samserganj tehsil of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Loharpur is Lohapur, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Loharpur.

Loharpur is about 33 km from Murshidabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Loharpur is in Samserganj tehsil of Murshidabad district. Lohapur is about under 2 km away. Nalhāti is about 14 km away. Samserganj is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.