About Petarbar Village

Petarbar is one of the larger villages in Peterwar tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,060, made up of 2,677 males and 2,383 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 158.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 829121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Petarbar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Petarbar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Bokaro
Tehsil	Peterwar
Pincode	829121
Area (hectares)	158.75 hectares
Population	5,060
Male Population	2,677
Female Population	2,383
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	890
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Petarbar compares

By the 2011 count Petarbar is the 7th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,056 residents. Its 158.75 hectares work out to about 32 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 958.

Getting to Petarbar

Petarbar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Petarbar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Petarbar from other places

Petarbar lies about 31 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Harubera, about 16 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 Petarbar
Nearest railway station	Harubera	16 km
Nearest town	Kathhāra	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Peterwar	31 km
District headquarters	Bokaro	31 km

Villages closest to Petarbar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Petarbar village had a population of 5,060. That makes it the 7th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,056 residents.

Petarbar village has 2,677 males and 2,383 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Petarbar has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Petarbar is 829121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Petarbar covers 158.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 32 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Petarbar falls under Peterwar tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Petarbar is Harubera, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 village for Petarbar.

Petarbar is about 31 km from Bokaro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Petarbar is in Peterwar tehsil of Bokaro district. Harubera is about 16 km away. Kathhāra is about 17 km away. Peterwar is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.