Harpur is a village in Sonbarsa mandal, Saharsa district, Bihar. It has a population of 2,193 across 413 households with a literacy rate of 38.8%. The village is located at coordinates 26.468°N, 83.943°E and has PIN code 852217.
By population, Harpur ranks #43 of 59 villages in Sonbarsa mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Harpur is a village of 2,193 people in 413 households (Census 2011) in Sonbarsa block, Saharsa district, Bihar, the 43rd-largest of 59 villages in Sonbarsa block. Literacy is 39%, 3 points below the block average of 41% and the sex ratio is 904 women per 1,000 men. It lies 257 km from the Saharsa district centre, 0 km from Harpur, the nearest town, 8 km from Nunkhar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 852217, served by Mangwar post office; the LGD village code is 226532. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Musehari bazar, 10 km away. The sarpanch is Rajkishore paswan, and the village votes in Madhepura assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chandra Shekhar. The population is estimated at 2,586 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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