About Purana Phatka Village

Purana Phatka is a small village in Jarmundi tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 376, made up of 193 males and 183 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purana Phatka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purana Phatka village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Jarmundi
Pincode	814145
Area (hectares)	88.27 hectares
Population	376
Male Population	193
Female Population	183
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	948
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 Purana Phatka compares

By the 2011 count Purana Phatka is the 140th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 370 residents. Its 88.27 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Purana Phatka

Purana Phatka is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Purana Phatka 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. The nearest villages by name are Pindralet, Pipra Dangal, Pirratnar and Pokhariya. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Purana Phatka

As per the Census of India 2011, Purana Phatka village had a population of 376. That makes it the 140th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 370 residents.

Purana Phatka village has 193 males and 183 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purana Phatka has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 988.

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

Purana Phatka covers 88.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purana Phatka falls under Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Purana Phatka notes the nearest railway station 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 Purana Phatka.

Purana Phatka is in Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.