Village · Mahua, Vaishali
# Harpur Gangaram

Harpur Gangaram is a village in Mahua sub-district of Vaishali district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 1,822 people in 340 households, the 60th largest of 128 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.
- 1,822 people (2011)
- 340 households
- 59.2% literacy
- 888 females per 1,000 males

## Harpur Gangaram PIN code and other codes

Harpur Gangaram falls in Mahua sub-district, Vaishali district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Rusulpur Mobarak
- Community development block Mahua
- Census village code 235319

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Harpur Gangaram from nearby towns?
- Mahua (sub-district HQ) 5 km by road
- Hajipur (district HQ) 22 km by road
- Hajipur (nearest town) 22 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Harpur Gangaram?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Harpur Gangaram; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Private bus service In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Mahua
- ○ Degree college 5–10 km · Mahua
- ○ ITI / vocational school 5–10 km · Mahua
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 5–10 km
- ○ Public bus service 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 5–10 km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 5–10 km
- ○ Public library 5–10 km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps
- Electricity (2011) 6 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## Homes and amenities in Harpur Gangaram

Of every 100 households in Harpur Gangaram in 2011, 4 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Harpur Gangaram · ■ Mahua rural average
- Electricity for lighting 4% 5%
- Toilet within the home 10% 25%
- No toilet (open defecation) 90% 74%
- Tap water 3% 3%
- Drinking water within premises 12% 38%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 4% 7%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 95% 92%
- Use banking services 55% 56%
- Television 7% 13%
- Mobile phone 47% 63%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 3% 11%
- Car / jeep / van 4% 3%
- None of these assets 19% 14%
- Own their home 99% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Harpur Gangaram?

■ Harpur Gangaram · ■ Mahua rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 59.2% 67.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 888 895
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 988 898
- Working population 35.3% 31.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.5% for men and 47.4% for women. 49% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 16 (2%) · ■ Farm labourers 351 (55%) · ■ Household industry 52 (8%) · ■ Other work 31 (5%) · ■ Marginal 193 (30%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Mahua
- Hussainipur 1,868 people
- Karihan 1,860 people
- Chaturangpur Korhan 1,841 people
- Bhagwatpur Taraura 1,838 people
- Chhitwara Kapur 1,775 people
- Mohammadpur Beral Urf Shankar 1,733 people
- Phular 1,707 people
- Hedayatpur 1,688 people

All 136 villages in Mahua

## Quick answers
- How far is Harpur Gangaram from Hajipur? 22 km by road
- What is the population of Harpur Gangaram? 1,822 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harpur Gangaram in? Vaishali district (Mahua sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Harpur Gangaram? 59.2% (Census 2011)

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