About Pakpahari Village

Pakpahari is a small village in Ranishwar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 176, made up of 91 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 149 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pakpahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pakpahari village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Ranishwar
Pincode	814144
Area (hectares)	149 hectares
Population	176
Male Population	91
Female Population	85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	934
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 Pakpahari compares

By the 2011 count Pakpahari is the 149th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 526 residents. Its 149 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Pakpahari

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

Pakpahari lies about 34 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 3.1 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 Pakpahari
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	3.1 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ranishwar	34 km
District headquarters	Dumka	34 km

Villages closest to Pakpahari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pakpahari village had a population of 176. That makes it the 149th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 526 residents.

Pakpahari village has 91 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pakpahari has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Pakpahari is 814144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pakpahari covers 149 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pakpahari falls under Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Pakpahari is Harinsing, about 3.1 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 Pakpahari.

Pakpahari is about 34 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pakpahari is in Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district. Harinsing is about 3.1 km away. Rampur Hat is about 21 km away. Ranishwar is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.