About Harpara Village

Harpara is a mid sized village in Gaighata tehsil, in the district of North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 732, made up of 388 males and 344 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 86.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743249, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harpara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harpara village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	North Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Gaighata
Pincode	743249
Area (hectares)	86.12 hectares
Population	732
Male Population	388
Female Population	344
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	887
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 Harpara compares

By the 2011 count Harpara is the 95th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,655 residents. Its 86.12 hectares work out to about 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Harpara

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

Harpara lies about 20 km from North Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Nagarukhra Jn. (Proposed), about 1.8 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 Harpara
Nearest railway station	Nagarukhra Jn. (Proposed)	1.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gaighata	8.1 km
Nearest town	Ashoknagar Kalyangarh	9.5 km
District headquarters	North Twenty Four Parganas	20 km

Villages closest to Harpara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Harpara village had a population of 732. That makes it the 95th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,655 residents.

Harpara village has 388 males and 344 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harpara has about 887 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 Harpara is 743249. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harpara covers 86.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Harpara falls under Gaighata tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Harpara is Nagarukhra Jn. (Proposed), about 1.8 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 Harpara.

Harpara is about 20 km from North Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harpara is in Gaighata tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district. Nagarukhra Jn. (Proposed) is about 1.8 km away. Gaighata is about 8.1 km away. Ashoknagar Kalyangarh is about 9.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.