About Naupahar Village

Naupahar is a small village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 461, made up of 228 males and 233 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 319 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Naupahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Naupahar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	816103
Area (hectares)	319 hectares
Population	461
Male Population	228
Female Population	233
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,022
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Naupahar compares

By the 2011 count Naupahar is the 112th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 319 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Naupahar

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

Naupahar lies about 28 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 5.5 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 Naupahar
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shikaripara	28 km
District headquarters	Dumka	28 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	28 km

Villages closest to Naupahar

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 Naupahar

As per the Census of India 2011, Naupahar village had a population of 461. That makes it the 112th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Naupahar village has 228 males and 233 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Naupahar has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

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

Naupahar covers 319 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Naupahar falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Naupahar is Harinsing, about 5.5 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 Naupahar.

Naupahar is about 28 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Naupahar is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Harinsing is about 5.5 km away. Shikaripara is about 28 km away. Dumka is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.