About Paharma Village

Paharma is a large village in Karakat tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,522, made up of 1,342 males and 1,180 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 134 hectares hectares.

Paharma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paharma village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Karakat
Area (hectares)	134 hectares
Population	2,522
Male Population	1,342
Female Population	1,180
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	879
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Paharma compares

By the 2011 count Paharma is the 22nd largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,623 residents. Its 134 hectares work out to about 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 927.

Getting to Paharma

Paharma is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Paharma as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Paharma from other places

Paharma lies about 69 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Ghusia Kalan Halt, 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 Paharma
Nearest town	Nāsriganj	6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karakat	12 km
Nearest railway station	Ghusia Kalan Halt	15 km
District headquarters	Rohtas	69 km

Villages closest to Paharma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Paharma village had a population of 2,522. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,623 residents.

Paharma village has 1,342 males and 1,180 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paharma has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 927.

Paharma covers 134 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Paharma falls under Karakat tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Paharma is Ghusia Kalan Halt, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Paharma is about 69 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paharma is in Karakat tehsil of Rohtas district. Nāsriganj is about 6.2 km away. Karakat is about 12 km away. Ghusia Kalan Halt is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.