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About Paroidih Village

Paroidih is a small village in Kathikund tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 120, made up of 65 males and 55 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 846 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paroidih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paroidih village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dumka
Tehsil Kathikund
Pincode 814103
Area (hectares) 78.29 hectares
Population 120
Male Population 65
Female Population 55
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 846
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Paroidih compares

By the 2011 count Paroidih is the 164th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 372 residents. Its 78.29 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Paroidih

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

Paroidih lies about 32 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Dhanpatdih, 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 Paroidih
Nearest railway station Dhanpatdih 21 km
Nearest town Madhupur 31 km
Tehsil headquarters Kathikund 32 km
District headquarters Dumka 32 km

Villages closest to Paroidih

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.

Common questions about Paroidih

As per the Census of India 2011, Paroidih village had a population of 120. That makes it the 164th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 372 residents.

Paroidih village has 65 males and 55 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paroidih has about 846 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 Paroidih is 814103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paroidih covers 78.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Paroidih falls under Kathikund tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Paroidih is Dhanpatdih, 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 10+ km distance for Paroidih.

Paroidih is about 32 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paroidih is in Kathikund tehsil of Dumka district. Dhanpatdih is about 21 km away. Madhupur is about 31 km away. Kathikund is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nakti (2.0 km), Nayadih (2.1 km) and Dhawatanr (2.8 km).

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

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