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- LGD code
- 225375
- Pincode
- 854116
- Post office
- Mahadevpur (Katihar)
- Population
- 1,532
- Households
- 281
- Literacy rate
- 40.1%
- Sex ratio
- 925 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 630
- Distance to district centre
- 71 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Patna
- 255 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 331 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sajha Halt · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital Kumaripur · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Harsuwa compares
By population, Harsuwa ranks #30 of 85 villages in Pranpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
40.1%
−2.1% vs mandal average
- Harsuwa
- 40.1%
- Pranpur mandal
- 42.2%
- Katihar district
- 41.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
925
+1 vs mandal average
- Harsuwa
- 925
- Pranpur mandal
- 924
Household size
people per home
5.5
+0.7 vs mandal average
- Harsuwa
- 5.5
- Pranpur mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Harsuwa at a glance
Harsuwa is a village of 1,532 people in 281 households (Census 2011) in Pranpur block, Katihar district, Bihar, the 30th-largest of 85 villages in Pranpur block. Literacy is 40%, 2 points below the block average of 42% and the sex ratio is 925 women per 1,000 men. It lies 71 km from the Katihar district centre, 20 km from Kusaha, the nearest town, under 1 km from Sajha Halt railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 854116, served by Mahadevpur (Katihar) post office; the LGD village code is 225375. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Kumaripur, 8 km away. The village votes in Pranpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nisha Singh. The population is estimated at 1,806 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Harsuwa
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- 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
- KATIHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 17
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 17
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KATGHAR
- Total area (ha)
- 190.11
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 104.02
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Harsuwa
- LGD code
- 225375
- Pincode
- 854116
- Post office
- Mahadevpur (Katihar)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,532
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,806
- Households
- 281
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 925
- Literacy rate
- 40.1%
- Coordinates
- 25.48497°N, 87.67807°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Katihar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pranpur
- Member of Parliament
- Tariq Anwar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Nisha Singh
- Block / Mandal
- Pranpur
Getting there
How to reach Harsuwa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna255 kmcapital
- Kolkata331 km
- Delhi1093 km
- Hyderabad1309 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSajha Halt<1 km
- Bus stopKumaripur9 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Kumaripur8 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India12 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Petrol Pump14 km
- CollegeD S College11 km
- Police stationNaka No 2(Police Station)12 km
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- Dhaboul
- Dighaunch
- Jaunia
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- Bangarua
- Barjhalla
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- Babhni
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- Budhnagar
- Marocha
- Amdaul
- Satare
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- Shahnagar
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- Machola
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)