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About Purnadih Village

Purnadih is a small village in Devipur tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 99, made up of 51 males and 48 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 53.28 hectares hectares.

Purnadih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purnadih village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Deoghar
Tehsil Devipur
Area (hectares) 53.28 hectares
Population 99
Male Population 51
Female Population 48
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 Purnadih compares

By the 2011 count Purnadih is the 186th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 484 residents. Its 53.28 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Purnadih

Purnadih is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Purnadih 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 Purnadih from other places

Purnadih lies about 33 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Krishna Ballabh Sahay 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 Purnadih
Nearest railway station Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Devipur 18 km
Nearest town Giridih 23 km
District headquarters Deoghar 33 km

Villages closest to Purnadih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purnadih village had a population of 99. That makes it the 186th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 484 residents.

Purnadih village has 51 males and 48 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purnadih has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 945.

Purnadih covers 53.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Purnadih falls under Devipur tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Purnadih is Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt, about 15 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 10+ km distance for Purnadih.

Purnadih is about 33 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purnadih is in Devipur tehsil of Deoghar district. Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt is about 15 km away. Devipur is about 18 km away. Giridih 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 Ektara (2.9 km), Ujanpur (3.5 km) and Bahrabank (4.7 km).

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

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