About Behrapahari Village

Behrapahari is a small village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 85, made up of 49 males and 36 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 735 females per 1000 males. The village covers 101.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Behrapahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Behrapahari village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	816103
Area (hectares)	101.88 hectares
Population	85
Male Population	49
Female Population	36
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	735
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Behrapahari compares

By the 2011 count Behrapahari is the 215th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 101.88 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 1013.

Getting to Behrapahari

Behrapahari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Behrapahari as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Behrapahari from other places

Behrapahari lies about 29 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 7.2 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 Behrapahari
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	7.2 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shikaripara	29 km
District headquarters	Dumka	29 km

Villages closest to Behrapahari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Behrapahari village had a population of 85. That makes it the 215th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Behrapahari village has 49 males and 36 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Behrapahari has about 735 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Behrapahari is 816103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Behrapahari covers 101.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Behrapahari falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Behrapahari is Harinsing, about 7.2 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 5 - 10 km distance for Behrapahari.

Behrapahari is about 29 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Behrapahari is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Harinsing is about 7.2 km away. Rampur Hat is about 26 km away. Shikaripara is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.