About Bara Pahari Village

Bara Pahari is a small village in Gopikandar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 223, made up of 105 males and 118 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,124 females per 1000 males. The village covers 138.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bara Pahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bara Pahari village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Gopikandar
Pincode	814145
Area (hectares)	138.34 hectares
Population	223
Male Population	105
Female Population	118
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,124
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 Bara Pahari compares

By the 2011 count Bara Pahari is the 78th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 327 residents. Its 138.34 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Bara Pahari

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

Bara Pahari lies about 46 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Tilbhita, about 32 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 Bara Pahari
Tehsil headquarters	Gopikandar	18 km
Nearest town	Pakur	31 km
Nearest railway station	Tilbhita	32 km
District headquarters	Dumka	46 km

Villages closest to Bara Pahari

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gopikandar 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 Bara Pahari

As per the Census of India 2011, Bara Pahari village had a population of 223. That makes it the 78th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 327 residents.

Bara Pahari village has 105 males and 118 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bara Pahari has about 1124 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Bara Pahari is 814145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bara Pahari covers 138.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bara Pahari falls under Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bara Pahari is Tilbhita, about 32 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 Bara Pahari.

Bara Pahari is about 46 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bara Pahari is in Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district. Gopikandar is about 18 km away. Pakur is about 31 km away. Tilbhita is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.