About Rampur Village

Rampur is a mid sized village in Kathikund tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 582, made up of 323 males and 259 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 802 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rampur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Kathikund
Pincode	814103
Area (hectares)	71.25 hectares
Population	582
Male Population	323
Female Population	259
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	802
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rampur compares

By the 2011 count Rampur is the 28th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 372 residents. Its 71.25 hectares work out to about 8.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Rampur

Rampur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Rampur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Rampur from other places

Rampur lies about 29 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Basukinath Railway Station, about 21 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 Rampur
Nearest railway station	Basukinath Railway Station	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kathikund	29 km
District headquarters	Dumka	29 km

Villages closest to Rampur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rampur village had a population of 582. That makes it the 28th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 372 residents.

Rampur village has 323 males and 259 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rampur has about 802 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1021.

The pincode recorded for Rampur is 814103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rampur covers 71.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Rampur falls under Kathikund tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Rampur is Basukinath Railway Station, about 21 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Rampur.

Rampur is about 29 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rampur is in Kathikund tehsil of Dumka district. Basukinath Railway Station is about 21 km away. Kathikund is about 29 km away. Dumka is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.