About Sarpahari Village

Sarpahari is a small village in Ranishwar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 299, made up of 160 males and 139 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sarpahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sarpahari village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Ranishwar
Pincode	816118
Area (hectares)	96.96 hectares
Population	299
Male Population	160
Female Population	139
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	869
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 Sarpahari compares

By the 2011 count Sarpahari is the 109th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 526 residents. Its 96.96 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Sarpahari

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

Sarpahari lies about 32 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 8.2 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 Sarpahari
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	8.2 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	27 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ranishwar	32 km
District headquarters	Dumka	32 km

Villages closest to Sarpahari

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 Sarpahari

As per the Census of India 2011, Sarpahari village had a population of 299. That makes it the 109th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 526 residents.

Sarpahari village has 160 males and 139 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sarpahari has about 869 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 Sarpahari is 816118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sarpahari covers 96.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sarpahari falls under Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sarpahari is Harinsing, about 8.2 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 Sarpahari.

Sarpahari 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.

Sarpahari is in Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district. Harinsing is about 8.2 km away. Rampur Hat is about 27 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.