About Paharpur Village

Paharpur is a small village in Ranishwar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 320, made up of 170 males and 150 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 218 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paharpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paharpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Ranishwar
Pincode	816118
Area (hectares)	218 hectares
Population	320
Male Population	170
Female Population	150
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	882
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 Paharpur compares

By the 2011 count Paharpur is the 104th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 526 residents. Its 218 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 1010.

Getting to Paharpur

Paharpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Paharpur 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 Paharpur from other places

Paharpur lies about 32 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 17 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 Paharpur
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	17 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	32 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ranishwar	32 km
District headquarters	Dumka	32 km

Villages closest to Paharpur

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 Paharpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Paharpur village had a population of 320. That makes it the 104th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 526 residents.

Paharpur village has 170 males and 150 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paharpur has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Paharpur is 816118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paharpur covers 218 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.

Paharpur falls under Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Paharpur is Harinsing, about 17 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 Paharpur.

Paharpur 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.

Paharpur is in Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district. Harinsing is about 17 km away. Nalhāti is about 32 km away. Ranishwar is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.