About Harishpur Village

Harishpur is a large village in Gosaba tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,878, made up of 2,528 males and 2,350 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 679.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743370, 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	South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Gosaba
Pincode	743370
Area (hectares)	679.8 hectares
Population	4,878
Male Population	2,528
Female Population	2,350
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
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 Harishpur compares

By the 2011 count Harishpur is the 21st largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 4,932 residents. Its 679.8 hectares work out to about 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 956.

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 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 Harishpur from other places

Harishpur lies about 43 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Canning, about 19 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
Tehsil headquarters	Gosaba	5.9 km
Nearest railway station	Canning	19 km
District headquarters	South Twenty Four Parganas	43 km

Villages closest to Harishpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gosaba 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 4,878. That makes it the 21st largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,932 residents.

Harishpur village has 2,528 males and 2,350 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harishpur has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Harishpur is 743370. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harishpur covers 679.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Harishpur falls under Gosaba tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Harishpur is Canning, about 19 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 Harishpur.

Harishpur is about 43 km from South Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harishpur is in Gosaba tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Gosaba is about 5.9 km away. Canning is about 19 km away. South Twenty Four Parganas is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.