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About Sugapahari Village

Sugapahari is a small village in Jama tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 144, made up of 69 males and 75 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,087 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814146, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sugapahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sugapahari village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dumka
Tehsil Jama
Pincode 814146
Area (hectares) 109.02 hectares
Population 144
Male Population 69
Female Population 75
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,087
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 Sugapahari compares

By the 2011 count Sugapahari is the 250th largest of the 283 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 446 residents. Its 109.02 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 986.

Getting to Sugapahari

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

Sugapahari lies about 40 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Madankata Railway Station, about 17 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 Sugapahari
Nearest railway station Madankata Railway Station 17 km
Nearest town Jāmtāra 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Jama 34 km
District headquarters Dumka 40 km

Villages closest to Sugapahari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sugapahari village had a population of 144. That makes it the 250th largest of the 283 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 446 residents.

Sugapahari village has 69 males and 75 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sugapahari has about 1087 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Sugapahari is 814146. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sugapahari covers 109.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sugapahari falls under Jama tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sugapahari is Madankata Railway Station, about 17 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 Sugapahari.

Sugapahari is about 40 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sugapahari is in Jama tehsil of Dumka district. Madankata Railway Station is about 17 km away. Jāmtāra is about 24 km away. Jama is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Paharidih (under 2 km), Bahinga (under 2 km) and Parria (1.7 km).

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

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