About Pakurtala Village

Pakurtala is a small village in Ranishwar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 130, made up of 67 males and 63 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pakurtala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pakurtala village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Ranishwar
Pincode	814148
Area (hectares)	67.68 hectares
Population	130
Male Population	67
Female Population	63
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	940
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 Pakurtala compares

By the 2011 count Pakurtala is the 165th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 526 residents. Its 67.68 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 Pakurtala

Pakurtala is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Pakurtala 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 Nimbani, Paharpur, Pakhuria and Pakpahari. 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 Pakurtala

As per the Census of India 2011, Pakurtala village had a population of 130. That makes it the 165th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 526 residents.

Pakurtala village has 67 males and 63 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pakurtala has about 940 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 Pakurtala is 814148. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pakurtala covers 67.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pakurtala falls under Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Pakurtala 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 Pakurtala.

Pakurtala is in Ranishwar 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.