About Japahari Village

Japahari is a mid sized village in Ranishwar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,621, made up of 809 males and 812 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 417 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Japahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Japahari village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Ranishwar
Pincode	814148
Area (hectares)	417 hectares
Population	1,621
Male Population	809
Female Population	812
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,004
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Japahari compares

By the 2011 count Japahari is the 11th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 526 residents. Its 417 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Japahari

Japahari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Japahari as Available within village. 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 Japahari from other places

Japahari 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 Japahari
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 Japahari

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 Japahari

As per the Census of India 2011, Japahari village had a population of 1,621. That makes it the 11th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 526 residents.

Japahari village has 809 males and 812 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Japahari has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Japahari is 814148. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Japahari covers 417 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Japahari falls under Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Japahari 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Japahari.

Japahari 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.

Japahari 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.