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About Lakrapahari Village

Lakrapahari is a small village in Jarmundi tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 240, made up of 119 males and 121 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 56.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lakrapahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lakrapahari village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dumka
Tehsil Jarmundi
Pincode 814120
Area (hectares) 56.28 hectares
Population 240
Male Population 119
Female Population 121
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,017
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 Lakrapahari compares

By the 2011 count Lakrapahari is the 245th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 370 residents. Its 56.28 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Lakrapahari

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

Lakrapahari lies about 12 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Barapalasi, about 1.9 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 Lakrapahari
Nearest railway station Barapalasi 1.9 km
District headquarters Dumka 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Jarmundi 14 km

Villages closest to Lakrapahari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lakrapahari village had a population of 240. That makes it the 245th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 370 residents.

Lakrapahari village has 119 males and 121 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lakrapahari has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Lakrapahari is 814120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lakrapahari covers 56.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lakrapahari falls under Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Lakrapahari is Barapalasi, about 1.9 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 Lakrapahari.

Lakrapahari is about 12 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lakrapahari is in Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district. Barapalasi is about 1.9 km away. Dumka is about 12 km away. Jarmundi is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bara (under 2 km), Barari (under 2 km) and Belbara (under 2 km).

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

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