About Rampur Village

Rampur is a small village in Dumka tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 268, made up of 132 males and 136 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 197 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rampur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Dumka
Pincode	814144
Area (hectares)	197 hectares
Population	268
Male Population	132
Female Population	136
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,030
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 Rampur compares

By the 2011 count Rampur is the 147th largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 529 residents. Its 197 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Rampur

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

Rampur lies about 29 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Basukinath Railway Station, about 21 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 Rampur
Nearest railway station	Basukinath Railway Station	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dumka	29 km

Villages closest to Rampur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rampur village had a population of 268. That makes it the 147th largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 529 residents.

Rampur village has 132 males and 136 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rampur has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Rampur is 814144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rampur covers 197 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rampur falls under Dumka tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Rampur is Basukinath Railway Station, about 21 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 Rampur.

Rampur is about 29 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rampur is in Dumka tehsil of Dumka district. Basukinath Railway Station is about 21 km away. Dumka is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.