About Pharhi Village

Pharhi is one of the larger villages in Narpatganj tehsil, in the district of Araria, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,079, made up of 2,617 males and 2,462 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 847 hectares hectares.

Pharhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pharhi village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Araria
Tehsil	Narpatganj
Area (hectares)	847 hectares
Population	5,079
Male Population	2,617
Female Population	2,462
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	941
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pharhi compares

By the 2011 count Pharhi is the 26th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 5,547 residents. Its 847 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Pharhi

Pharhi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Pharhi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pharhi from other places

Pharhi lies about 40 km from Araria. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Pharhi
Tehsil headquarters	Narpatganj	6.5 km
Nearest town	Forbesganj	12 km
District headquarters	Araria	40 km

Villages closest to Pharhi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Narpatganj tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Pharhi

As per the Census of India 2011, Pharhi village had a population of 5,079. That makes it the 26th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,547 residents.

Pharhi village has 2,617 males and 2,462 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pharhi has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 921.

Pharhi covers 847 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pharhi falls under Narpatganj tehsil of Araria district in Bihar.

The census record for Pharhi notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Pharhi.

Pharhi is about 40 km from Araria in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pharhi is in Narpatganj tehsil of Araria district. Narpatganj is about 6.5 km away. Forbesganj is about 12 km away. Araria is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.