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About Phulkahi Village

Phulkahi is a mid sized village in Dhamdaha tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 827, made up of 438 males and 389 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 148 hectares hectares.

Phulkahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phulkahi village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purnia
Tehsil Dhamdaha
Area (hectares) 148 hectares
Population 827
Male Population 438
Female Population 389
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 888
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Phulkahi compares

By the 2011 count Phulkahi is the 41st largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 4,178 residents. Its 148 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Phulkahi

The census records public bus service for Phulkahi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Phulkahi from other places

Phulkahi lies about 29 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Barhara Kothi, about 15 km away. 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 Phulkahi
Tehsil headquarters Dhamdaha 7.1 km
Nearest railway station Barhara Kothi 15 km
Nearest town Bihārīganj 23 km
District headquarters Purnia 29 km

Villages closest to Phulkahi

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

Common questions about Phulkahi

As per the Census of India 2011, Phulkahi village had a population of 827. That makes it the 41st largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,178 residents.

Phulkahi village has 438 males and 389 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phulkahi has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 913.

Phulkahi covers 148 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Phulkahi falls under Dhamdaha tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Phulkahi is Barhara Kothi, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Phulkahi.

Phulkahi is about 29 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phulkahi is in Dhamdaha tehsil of Purnia district. Dhamdaha is about 7.1 km away. Barhara Kothi is about 15 km away. Bihārīganj is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bansipurandaha (under 2 km), Bansipurandaha Milik (under 2 km) and Bardela (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Phulkahi today is likely to be higher.

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