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About Chandanpahari Village

Chandanpahari is a small village in Ramgarh tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 389, made up of 197 males and 192 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 975 females per 1000 males. The village covers 127 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chandanpahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chandanpahari village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dumka
Tehsil Ramgarh
Pincode 816102
Area (hectares) 127 hectares
Population 389
Male Population 197
Female Population 192
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 975
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 Chandanpahari compares

By the 2011 count Chandanpahari is the 158th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 494 residents. Its 127 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Chandanpahari

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

Chandanpahari lies about 49 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Poreyahat, about 19 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 Chandanpahari
Tehsil headquarters Ramgarh 18 km
Nearest railway station Poreyahat 19 km
Nearest town Godda 21 km
District headquarters Dumka 49 km

Villages closest to Chandanpahari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chandanpahari village had a population of 389. That makes it the 158th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 494 residents.

Chandanpahari village has 197 males and 192 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chandanpahari has about 975 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Chandanpahari is 816102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chandanpahari covers 127 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chandanpahari falls under Ramgarh tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chandanpahari is Poreyahat, about 19 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 Chandanpahari.

Chandanpahari is about 49 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chandanpahari is in Ramgarh tehsil of Dumka district. Ramgarh is about 18 km away. Poreyahat is about 19 km away. Godda is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sagarbhoga (3.1 km), Paharpur (5.9 km) and Saharpur (5.9 km).

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

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