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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KIRAN SHARMA
Contact: 96****4936
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- LGD code
- 216833
- Pincode
- 845453
- Post office
- Lauriya
- Population
- 879
- Households
- 146
- Literacy rate
- 29.2%
- Sex ratio
- 958 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 220
- Distance to district centre
- 104 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 84 km
- Distance to Patna
- 154 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 623 km
- Nearest railway station
- Nunkhar · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Musehari bazar · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Harpur compares
By population, Harpur ranks #81 of 96 villages in Lauriya mandal.
Literacy rate
%
29.2%
−18.7% vs mandal average
- Harpur
- 29.2%
- Lauriya mandal
- 47.9%
- Pashchim Champaran district
- 44.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
958
+46 vs mandal average
- Harpur
- 958
- Lauriya mandal
- 912
Household size
people per home
6.0
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Harpur
- 6.0
- Lauriya mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Harpur at a glance
Harpur is a village of 879 people in 146 households (Census 2011) in Lauriya block, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar, the 81st-largest of 96 villages in Lauriya block. Literacy is 29%, 19 points below the block average of 48% and the sex ratio is 958 women per 1,000 men. It lies 104 km from the Pashchim Champaran district centre, 0 km from Harpur, the nearest town, 8 km from Nunkhar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 845453, served by Lauriya post office; the LGD village code is 216833. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Musehari bazar, 10 km away. The sarpanch is KIRAN SHARMA, and the village votes in Bettiah assembly constituency, represented by MLA Renu Devi. The population is estimated at 1,036 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Harpur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 1
- Power hours (winter)
- 1
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- NARKATIYAGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 31
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kataiya
- Total area (ha)
- 163.11
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 109.04
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Harpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Harpur
- LGD code
- 216833
- Pincode
- 845453
- Post office
- Lauriya
- Population (Census 2011)
- 879
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,036
- Households
- 146
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 958
- Literacy rate
- 29.2%
- Coordinates
- 26.46811°N, 83.94260°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Paschim Champaran
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bettiah
- Member of Parliament
- Sanjay Jaiswal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Renu Devi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KIRAN SHARMA
- Block / Mandal
- Lauriya
Getting there
How to reach Harpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna154 kmcapital
- Kolkata623 km
- Delhi705 km
- Hyderabad1156 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNunkhar8 km
- Bus stopBus Station (UPSRTC)17 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Musehari bazar10 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India34 km
- Petrol pumpHindustan Petroleum34 km
- Collegebaba Raghav das Inter college16 km
- Police stationUbhaon Police Station38 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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