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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RAJESH KUMAR
Contact: 99****4114
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- LGD code
- 236223
- Pincode
- 848302
- Post office
- Kalyanpur Chowk
- Population
- 442
- Households
- 103
- Literacy rate
- 57.7%
- Sex ratio
- 834 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 172
Census 2011 · in context
How Harpur Jhakra compares
By population, Harpur Jhakra ranks #112 of 153 villages in Kalyanpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.7%
+10.4% vs mandal average
Harpur Jhakra57.7%
Kalyanpur mandal47.3%
Samastipur district50.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
834
−102 vs mandal average
Harpur Jhakra834
Kalyanpur mandal936
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.7 vs mandal average
Harpur Jhakra4.3
Kalyanpur mandal5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Harpur Jhakra at a glance
Harpur Jhakra is a village of 442 people in 103 households (Census 2011) in Kalyanpur block, Samastipur district, Bihar, the 112th-largest of 153 villages in Kalyanpur block. Literacy is 58%, 10 points above the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 834 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 848302, served by Kalyanpur Chowk post office; the LGD village code is 236223. The sarpanch is RAJESH KUMAR, and the village votes in Bakhri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay Kumar. The population is estimated at 521 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harpur Jhakra · this village | 442 | 58% | — |
| Dhobgawan · Kalyanpur | 6,885 | 52% | — |
| Madhuban · Kalyanpur | 1,402 | 44% | — |
| Dumri Pauthi · Kalyanpur | 0 | — | — |
| Tal Agan · Kalyanpur | 0 | — | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Harpur Jhakra
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 4
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- SAMASTIPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 16
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 16
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 2
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DHOBGAWAN
- Total area (ha)
- 61
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 35.8
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Harpur Jhakra
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 Jhakra
- LGD code
- 236223
- Pincode
- 848302
- Post office
- Kalyanpur Chowk
- Population (Census 2011)
- 442
- Population (projected 2026)
- 521
- Households
- 103
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 834
- Literacy rate
- 57.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bakhri
- Member of Parliament
- Giriraj Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanjay Kumar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RAJESH KUMAR
- Block / Mandal
- Kalyanpur
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)