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About Harekrishnapur Village

Harekrishnapur is a mid sized village in Kaliaganj tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,320, made up of 659 males and 661 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 199.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harekrishnapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harekrishnapur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil Kaliaganj
Pincode 733129
Area (hectares) 199.41 hectares
Population 1,320
Male Population 659
Female Population 661
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,003
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Harekrishnapur compares

By the 2011 count Harekrishnapur is the 58th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,172 residents. Its 199.41 hectares work out to about 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Harekrishnapur

Harekrishnapur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Harekrishnapur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Harekrishnapur from other places

Harekrishnapur lies about 74 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Daulatpur Hat, about 4.3 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 Harekrishnapur
Nearest railway station Daulatpur Hat 4.3 km
Nearest town Gangārāmpur 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Kaliaganj 30 km
District headquarters Uttar Dinajpur 74 km

Villages closest to Harekrishnapur

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

Common questions about Harekrishnapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Harekrishnapur village had a population of 1,320. That makes it the 58th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,172 residents.

Harekrishnapur village has 659 males and 661 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harekrishnapur has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Harekrishnapur is 733129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harekrishnapur covers 199.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Harekrishnapur falls under Kaliaganj tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Harekrishnapur is Daulatpur Hat, about 4.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Harekrishnapur.

Harekrishnapur is about 74 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harekrishnapur is in Kaliaganj tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Daulatpur Hat is about 4.3 km away. Gangārāmpur is about 18 km away. Kaliaganj is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dakshin Krishnapur (under 2 km), Ramkrishnapur (under 2 km) and Uttar Krishnapur (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Harekrishnapur today is likely to be higher.

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