About Paharpur Village

Paharpur is a small village in Ramgarh tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 256, made up of 121 males and 135 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,116 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paharpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paharpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Ramgarh
Pincode	816102
Area (hectares)	114 hectares
Population	256
Male Population	121
Female Population	135
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,116
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 Paharpur compares

By the 2011 count Paharpur is the 220th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 494 residents. Its 114 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Paharpur

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

Paharpur lies about 44 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Poreyahat, about 22 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
Tehsil headquarters	Ramgarh	16 km
Nearest railway station	Poreyahat	22 km
Nearest town	Godda	26 km
District headquarters	Dumka	44 km

Villages closest to Paharpur

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.

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Common questions about Paharpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Paharpur village had a population of 256. That makes it the 220th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 494 residents.

Paharpur village has 121 males and 135 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paharpur has about 1116 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

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

Paharpur covers 114 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Paharpur falls under Ramgarh tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Paharpur is Poreyahat, about 22 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 Paharpur.

Paharpur is about 44 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paharpur is in Ramgarh tehsil of Dumka district. Ramgarh is about 16 km away. Poreyahat is about 22 km away. Godda is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.