About Ramgarh Village

Ramgarh is a small village in Gopikandar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 241, made up of 128 males and 113 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 86.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ramgarh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ramgarh village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Gopikandar
Pincode	814145
Area (hectares)	86.89 hectares
Population	241
Male Population	128
Female Population	113
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
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 Ramgarh compares

By the 2011 count Ramgarh is the 73rd largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 327 residents. Its 86.89 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Ramgarh

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

Ramgarh lies about 36 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 23 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 Ramgarh
Tehsil headquarters	Gopikandar	6.3 km
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	23 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	33 km
District headquarters	Dumka	36 km

Villages closest to Ramgarh

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 Ramgarh

As per the Census of India 2011, Ramgarh village had a population of 241. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 327 residents.

Ramgarh village has 128 males and 113 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ramgarh has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

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

Ramgarh covers 86.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ramgarh falls under Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ramgarh is Harinsing, about 23 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 Ramgarh.

Ramgarh is about 36 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ramgarh is in Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district. Gopikandar is about 6.3 km away. Harinsing is about 23 km away. Nalhāti is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.