About Patharghara Village

Patharghara is a small village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 88, made up of 49 males and 39 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 796 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Patharghara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patharghara village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	816103
Area (hectares)	64.38 hectares
Population	88
Male Population	49
Female Population	39
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	796
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 Patharghara compares

By the 2011 count Patharghara is the 212th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 64.38 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 Patharghara

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

Patharghara lies about 29 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Basukinath Railway Station, about 24 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 Patharghara
Nearest railway station	Basukinath Railway Station	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shikaripara	29 km
District headquarters	Dumka	29 km

Villages closest to Patharghara

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 Patharghara

As per the Census of India 2011, Patharghara village had a population of 88. That makes it the 212th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Patharghara village has 49 males and 39 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patharghara has about 796 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 Patharghara is 816103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Patharghara covers 64.38 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.

Patharghara falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Patharghara is Basukinath Railway Station, about 24 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 Patharghara.

Patharghara 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.

Patharghara is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Basukinath Railway Station is about 24 km away. Shikaripara is about 29 km away. Dumka is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.