About Gamarpahari Village

Gamarpahari is a small village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 217, made up of 97 males and 120 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,237 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gamarpahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gamarpahari village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	816103
Area (hectares)	106.32 hectares
Population	217
Male Population	97
Female Population	120
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,237
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 Gamarpahari compares

By the 2011 count Gamarpahari is the 172nd largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 106.32 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Gamarpahari

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

Gamarpahari lies about 31 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 8.4 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 Gamarpahari
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	8.4 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	28 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shikaripara	31 km
District headquarters	Dumka	31 km

Villages closest to Gamarpahari

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.

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Gamarpahari

As per the Census of India 2011, Gamarpahari village had a population of 217. That makes it the 172nd largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Gamarpahari village has 97 males and 120 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gamarpahari has about 1237 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

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

Gamarpahari covers 106.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gamarpahari falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gamarpahari is Harinsing, about 8.4 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 Gamarpahari.

Gamarpahari is about 31 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gamarpahari is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Harinsing is about 8.4 km away. Rampur Hat is about 28 km away. Shikaripara is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.