About Paharpur Village

Paharpur is a small village in Gobindpur tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 83, made up of 43 males and 40 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 44.71 hectares hectares.

Paharpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paharpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dhanbad
Tehsil	Gobindpur
Area (hectares)	44.71 hectares
Population	83
Male Population	43
Female Population	40
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Paharpur compares

By the 2011 count Paharpur is the 189th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,027 residents. Its 44.71 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, a little below the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Paharpur

Paharpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Paharpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Paharpur from other places

Paharpur lies about 137 km from Dhanbad, and the nearest railway station is Pandrasali, about 8.9 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 Paharpur
Nearest railway station	Pandrasali	8.9 km
Nearest town	Chāībāsa	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gobindpur	20 km
District headquarters	Dhanbad	137 km

Villages closest to Paharpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Paharpur village had a population of 83. That makes it the 189th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,027 residents.

Paharpur village has 43 males and 40 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paharpur has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 946.

Paharpur covers 44.71 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.

Paharpur falls under Gobindpur tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Paharpur is Pandrasali, about 8.9 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Paharpur.

Paharpur is about 137 km from Dhanbad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paharpur is in Gobindpur tehsil of Dhanbad district. Pandrasali is about 8.9 km away. Chāībāsa is about 16 km away. Gobindpur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.