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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Harra is a village in Obra mandal, Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh, with a population of 5,276 across 985 households. The village has a literacy rate of 45.6% and postal code 231207.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
AKHILESH KUMAR
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- LGD code
- 214045
- Pincode
- 231207
- Post office
- Dalla
- Population
- 5,276
- Households
- 985
- Literacy rate
- 45.6%
- Sex ratio
- 911 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,908
- Distance to district centre
- 539 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 441 km
- Distance to Lucknow
- 424 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 63 km
- Nearest railway station
- Baoli · 20 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital daha · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Harra compares
By population, Harra ranks #14 of 114 villages in Obra mandal.
Literacy rate
%
45.6%
+5.1% vs mandal average
- Harra
- 45.6%
- Obra mandal
- 40.5%
- Sonbhadra district
- 52.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
911
−5 vs mandal average
- Harra
- 911
- Obra mandal
- 916
Household size
people per home
5.4
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Harra
- 5.4
- Obra mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Harra at a glance
Harra is a village of 5,276 people in 985 households (Census 2011) in Obra tehsil, Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh, the 14th-largest of 114 villages in Obra tehsil. Literacy is 46%, 5 points above the tehsil average of 41% and the sex ratio is 911 women per 1,000 men. It lies 539 km from the Sonbhadra district centre, 4 km from Khiwai, the nearest town, 20 km from Baoli railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 231207, served by Dalla post office; the LGD village code is 214045. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital daha, 11 km away. The sarpanch is AKHILESH KUMAR, and the village votes in Mohanlalganj assembly constituency, represented by MLA Amresh Kumar. The population is estimated at 6,220 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harra · this village | 5,276 | 46% | — |
| Harra · Lalganj | 845 | 45% | 0 km N |
| Mainaputhi · Sardhana | 3,484 | 59% | 1.9 km E |
| Deoli Khera Urf Jainpur · Sardhana | 1,421 | 44% | 2.8 km E |
| Khiwai · Sardhana | 21,049 | 27% | 3.8 km SW |
| Barnava · Shahjahanpur | 724 | 50% | 5.6 km W |
| Chhur · Sardhana | 7,566 | 69% | 7.3 km NE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Harra
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- 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
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- SONBHADRA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 0
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 55
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 55
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- HARI
- Total area (ha)
- 2,096.16
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 2,096.16
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Harra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Harra
- LGD code
- 214045
- Pincode
- 231207
- Post office
- Dalla
- Population (Census 2011)
- 5,276
- Population (projected 2026)
- 6,220
- Households
- 985
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 911
- Literacy rate
- 45.6%
- Coordinates
- 29.12607°N, 77.48442°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mohanlalganj
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mohanlalganj
- Member of Parliament
- R. K. Chaudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Amresh Kumar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- AKHILESH KUMAR
- Block / Mandal
- Obra
- Nearest PHC
- Sardar Nursing Home (552.3 km)
- Nearest post office
- Head Post Office sultanpur (552.8 km)
- Nearest bank
- Punjab National Bank (552.4 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Pariawan Kalakankar Road (530.2 km)
Getting there
How to reach Harra
Distance to cities · straight line
- Lucknow424 kmcapital
- Delhi63 km
- Mumbai1211 km
- Kolkata1309 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBaoli20 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital daha11 km
- ATM / bankUjjivan Small Finance Bank12 km
- Petrol pumpNayara11 km
- CollegeRG Inter College27 km
- Police stationPolice Chowki Baywala15 km
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Villages near Harra
Other villages in Obra mandal
View all 60+ →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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)